frangipane

[ fran-juh-peyn ]

noun

1. a kind of pastry cake, filled with cream, almonds, and sugar.
2. the filling used in such a pastry.
3. frangipani.

frangipane

/ ˈfrændʒɪˌpeɪn /

noun

1. 1. a pastry filled with cream and flavoured with almonds
   2. a rich cake mixture containing ground almonds
2. a variant of frangipani

Word History and Origins

Origin of frangipane¹

1670–80; < French < Italian. See frangipani

Example Sentences

How to transform leftover bread, cake and cookies into exciting new treatsNext, make the frangipane.

From Washington Post

Traditionally, it’s a square slice of stale brioche, brushed with a sweet syrup and covered in a thick layer of frangipane or almond cream.

From Washington Post

The same cake may be filled with a frangipane, and prepared as the above for the rest.

From Project Gutenberg

A superb and subtle chord floated about him; it was composed of vervain, opoponax, and frangipane.

From Project Gutenberg

Niccolo Frangipane is supposed to have been a Paduan, though his birthplace is disputed, and he is not mentioned by Ridolfi.

From Project Gutenberg

Here, too, we have the odorous frangipane, the flower which Columbus found in such abundance on first landing in Cuba.

From Project Gutenberg

The flowers are used in perfumery, and furnish the scent known as Frangipane or Frangipani.

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