noun
- a confection made of almonds, sugar, and egg whites; marzipan
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The medieval cookbook contained a recipe for marchpane.
- She shaped the marchpane into tiny fruits for the feast.
- The baker’s marchpane was flavored with rosewater.
- Marchpane was a popular sweet at Renaissance banquets.
- The confectioner molded the marchpane into elaborate figures.
- What we now call marzipan was once known as marchpane.