How to Use marzipan in a Sentence

marzipan

noun

• Press the marzipan neatly around the cake so the seam ends up at one corner.
  — Becky Krystal, sacbee.com, 2 May 2017
• Trim any excess marzipan and cut a very thin slice off each end of the cake for a neat edge.
  — Becky Krystal, sacbee.com, 2 May 2017
• Penner feels the heart of the market is a 30-foot-long set of tables holding the fruit bread iced with marzipan.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 30 Nov. 2019
• For Apples: Tint pieces of marzipan brown, green and yellow.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 31 Dec. 2011
• This city is the birthplace of marzipan, invented by nuns as early as the 1500s.
  — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023
• As for me, hands down, See's dark-chocolate covered marzipan reigns over all.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2019
• The Noughty chardonnay is super frothy and smells and tastes like Golden Delicious apples, lemon zest and a hint of marzipan.
  — oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
• The almond croissant, topped with marzipan and filled with almond paste that goes down smoothly, should become a menu favorite.
  — Brian Josephs, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2019
• Or the glamorous Starry Starry Night, gossamer black sesame sponge cake, silky sweet chocolate ganache and a sprinkling of marzipan stars.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
• There is a persistent salted caramel note, along with roasted nuts, tropical spices and a touch of marzipan.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• The aroma is very spicy, rummy, and definitely the best smelling of the six with aromas of cinnamon stick, banana bread, and marzipan.
  — Em Sauter, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• It’s then blanketed with a sheet of (usually green) marzipan.
  — Zoe Li, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• European classics like the Mozartkugel — a ball of pistachio marzipan covered in a layer of nougat — are also in the lineup.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
• The resulting bourbon begins with orange, vanilla and spice on the nose, followed by toasted pecan, some more vanilla and marzipan on the palate.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2021
• Six aluminum plates on the walls, engraved with fragments of not-quite-intelligible text, are filled in with marzipan.
  — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
• This one offers notes of coffee, cola, marzipan and honey, and is dense and creamy with 15 percent alcohol.
  — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• Almonds from Ghouta were ground and blended with chocolate for ganache, or flavoured with rose water to make marzipan roses.
  — The Economist, 10 May 2018
• These Passover desserts are actually made from marzipan.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2023
• Ice cream cones are a summertime example, while desserts served in edible marzipan cups date to at least the 18th century.
  — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
• The frosting and decorations (royal seals and family insignia in marzipan) budge as little as the Queen’s Guard.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 15 May 2018
• This year's marzipan for Christmas won't be affected, but next year's might be, given the one-two punch California's almond groves took this year.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
• The chepiche rounds out the vegetal flavors from the pumpkin stems and plantains, and creates a perfumed smoky aroma laced with orange blossoms and marzipan.
  — Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
• The cake is made using marzipan, often with a bottle of wine or Aquavit in the center and can be decorated with ornaments, flags and crackers.
  — Amanda Kludt, CNN, 25 Dec. 2021
• The Estates Carneros Napa Valley chardonnay is richly textured with aromas of red apple, pear, lemon and marzipan.
  — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• The nose belies the layers to come, opening with delicate orchard blossom and oyster shell aromas, with hints of exotic spice, red and stone fruits and marzipan.
  — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 13 May 2022
• At Christmastime my German father would come home with boxes of lebkuchen: spicy, chewy, gingery cookies laced with marzipan and orange peel.
  — Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2019
• The dish Peach-leaf gelato, with a flavor like marzipan, made by infusing cream with leaves of peaches from Mr. Jacobsen’s heirloom orchard.
  — Elizabeth G. Dunn, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
• His other bars and bonbons have ingredients like rhubarb and beetroot; black salted marzipan and heirloom apple spice.
  — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• There are aisles filled with 200 different kinds of beer, plus European wines and liquors, as well as an excellent selection of chocolates, marzipan, cookies and candies.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2020
• The traditional British wedding cake is a tiered fruit creation typically topped with marzipan and icing.
  — Erin Donnelly, Marie Claire, 5 Jan. 2018

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