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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.
You might find marzipan-shaped Santas at a bakery or marzipan folded into flaky croissants, breads, and other pastries. But it can also be dipped in chocolate or used as a filling or decoration ...
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 ...
A log-shaped cake made from cocoa powder, sugar, butter, rum, marzipan, and chocolate. Tres leches cake: Mexico Costa Rica Nicaragua Colombia Spain: A sponge cake soaked with evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy or sour cream. Tunis cake: Scotland Northern Ireland: A Madeira cake covered with a thick layer of chocolate and decorated with ...
Battenberg [1] or Battenburg [2] cake is a light sponge cake with variously coloured sections held together with jam and covered in marzipan.In cross section, the cake has a distinctive pink and yellow check pattern.
Figolla with the shape of a heart. Figolla is a Maltese pastry stuffed with a marzipan-like filling and served as an Easter sweet. [1] [2] [3] These are often shaped like hearts, crosses, stars, fish, bunnies, any symbol which links to Christianity, particularly Catholicism, but in modern times these can be shaped into anything the person you give one to is passionate about.
Pre-formed baking pans make it easy to create cakes in non-traditional shapes. Though useful for producing multiple cakes of the same general shape, they do not have the endless customizability of hand-cut building blocks. Fondant and marzipan structures can also be used to modify the overall shape of a cake. [13]
Luk chup (Thai: ลูกชุบ, pronounced [lûːk t͡ɕʰúp]), also spelled look choop, [1] is a type of Thai dessert [2] derived from marzipan, a recipe from Portugal, called massapão. The Portuguese used almonds as the main ingredient but, given the absence of almonds in Thailand, they were replaced by mung beans.