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Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal (ground almonds), sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract.. It is often made into sweets; common uses are chocolate-covered marzipan and small marzipan imitations of fruits and vegetables.
With its nutty flavor and unique, paste-like texture, marzipan is even considered a Christmas tradition from around the world. In fact, many countries claim authority over the novelty treat.
Stollen is a cake-like fruit bread made with yeast, water and flour, and usually with zest added to the dough. Orangeat (candied orange peel) and candied citrus peel (Zitronat), [1] raisins and almonds, and various spices such as cardamom and cinnamon are added.
The oldest pleated Christmas heart (from 1873) is preserved at the National Museum of Norway, in Oslo. [2] But it was still some 40 years before the pleated Christmas hearts became more widespread. The oldest depiction of a Christmas tree decorated with pleated hearts dates from 1901 from the Danish manor house Søllestedgaard . [ 2 ]
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In most modern versions, marzipan or almond paste is used as a filling, with a layer laid in the middle of the mix before the cake is cooked, and as decoration on top. [12] Most recipes require at least 90 minutes of cooking, and advise using several layers of baking parchment to line the tin, and sometimes brown paper wrapped around the ...
On Christmas Eve 1832, a young Victoria wrote about her delight at having a tree, hung with lights, ornaments, and presents placed round it. [6] In the 1840s, after a picture of Victoria's Christmas tree was shown in a London newspaper decorated with glass ornaments and baubles from her husband Prince Albert 's native Germany, Lauscha began ...
Marzipan, once known as marchpane in English, is a confection based on almond meal. Marzipan and marchpane may also refer to: Marzipan pig, a traditional German and Scandinavia pig-shaped marzipan confection; Marzipan, also known as The Dance of the Mirlitons, one of the dances in Act II of The Nutcracker