marzipan cake

Almond paste dessert

A marzipan cake is a cake featuring marzipan—a sweet paste of ground almonds, sugar, and egg whites—as a key component.

The marzipan may form a layer beneath fondant icing, as in traditional British fruitcakes, or appear as a decorative covering or filling.

She ordered a marzipan cake for the wedding.

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fondant · confection · sweet treat · wedding · celebration · German · Battenberg · stollen · sweetness · sugar · moist · rich · dense · golden · bakery · petits fours · apricot · glaze

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Opposites
dessert category

marzipan cakefruit tart

food type

marzipan cakeplain rice

Unseasoned cooked grain

dry toast · gruel · hardtack · water

sweetness/dessert type

marzipan cakeplain bread

Untoasted, unspread loaf

hardtack · saltines · water cracker

Family

marzipan, cake, cakes, caked, caking, cakey

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G