Marzipan
Marzipan is a confection often used in sweets and cakes.
It is made of sugar or honey and crushed almonds ('almond meal'). Sometimes almond oil or extract is added. It is made into sweets, and rolled into thin sheets for putting round cakes. The sweets are marzipan-filled chocolate and small marzipan imitations of fruits and vegetables. Used as a covering for cakes, it is glazed. Glazing is a cooking technique which make it harder, and avoid unsightly damage.
Marzipan Media
A marzipan map of the European Union made by the Budapest Marzipan Museum, commemorating the induction of Hungary into the union in 2004
A variation of panforte with a topping of marzipan at a shop in San Gimignano
Fruit-shaped marzipan in baskets at a shop in Barcelona
Benzaldehyde is a flavor compound found in almonds.