Marzipan

Marzipan is a mixture of sugar, honey and almond meal and is often made into sweets like chocolate covered marzipan or into imitations of fruits and vegetables. It can also be used in biscuits, birthday cakes and Christmas fruitcakes. Marzipan is a baking ingredient in stollen and many other European specialty treats.

It can be confusing that recipes sometimes use the terms “almond paste” and “marzipan” interchangeably, as they are actually quite different. Almond paste has a coarser texture but is much softer than marzipan which allows it to spread as a filling. Marzipan is smooth, sweet and can be molded into shapes.