Raindance

Please educate me on what 'Marzipan' is based off.
Specialy the wedding cake topping made of this is just yummy and the candies are so heavenly !!! I use to buy these candies of Marzipan from Zurich Airport usualy a whole carry-on full. lol

stoppit

urgh! i hate it.

it's basically sugar and almond flour.

RupayHalwa

How strange. I have yet to meet anyone in real life who likes marzipan!

Aisha Dubaiwali

omg i love marzipan! i love the cakes! rupay come to dubai

RupayHalwa

^ y, so i can bring u a whole load of marzipan????

Aisha Dubaiwali

nope.. we get lots of marzipan here too so u can meet a marzipan lover in real life

Keran

Gina~ is a marzipan monster, she always has some on her. I think the marzipan flowers and fruits. I dont like it at all

RupayHalwa

What is it with strange marzipan lovers! Its NOT right!!!! Give it up!!!

bride2be

near my place is a swiss bakery that sells the most delicious marzipan cakes i have EVER tasted!

Sahar02

I love it! But many people I know do not.

Aisha Dubaiwali

lol sahar! welcome to the club... and bride2be!

rupay kia howa? how come you dont like it ?

RupayHalwa

It is not made to be liked, only by strange people. If i had my way, marzipan would b banned!

I don't know why i and the MAJORITY of sane people do NOT like it, i think its just a law of nature.

Mirch

Badami Berfi is desi version of Marzipan. More on Marzipan from Wikipedia.

Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal.
It derives its characteristic flavor from bitter almonds, which constitute 4% to 6% of the total almond content by weight. Some marzipan is also flavored with rosewater. Persipan is a similar product, for which the almonds are replaced by apricot or peach kernels.
Marzipan is often made into sweets: common uses are marzipan-filled chocolate and small marzipan imitations of fruits and vegetables. It is also rolled into thin sheets and glazed for icing cakes and is traditionally used in wedding cakes, Christmas cakes, and stollen. In some countries marzipan is shaped into small figures of animals as a traditional treat for New Year's Day. Marzipan is also used in Tortell, and in some versions of king cake eaten during the Carnival season.
In Italy, particularly in Palermo, marzipan (marzapane) is often shaped and painted with food colorings to resemble fruit — Frutta martorana — especially during the Christmas season. In Portugal, traditional marzipan (maçapão) fruit shaped sweets made in the Algarve region are called morgadinhos. There are other regions, as Toledo in Spain in which marzipan is shaped into simple animal shapes, and usually filled in with egg yolk (yema) and sugar. In Latin American cuisine, marzipan is known as mazapán and is also traditionally eaten at Christmas, though "Mazapan" is generally made with peanuts in place of almonds. In the Netherlands Marzipan figures are given as presents to children during Saint Nicholas' Eve.
In the Middle-East, marzipan (known as lozina, which is derived from the word "lows", the Arabic word for almonds) is flavored with orange-flower water and shaped into roses and other delicate flowers before they are baked.
The South Asian sweet Badam Barfi is also made from almonds.

stoppit

the only reasoning i can come up with is that there is a marzipan imposter made with sweet almonds, not the vomititious kind you get here.

having said that, batternburgs are an english institution.

RupayHalwa

"the only reasoning i can come up with is that there is a marzipan imposter made with sweet almonds, not the vomititious kind you get here.

having said that, batternburgs are an english institution. "

vomititious, that is the correct word!

Yeah aisha, perhaps we have a different marzipan to u.

RupayHalwa

And battenburgs are just gross, the only reason i used to eat them as a child was bcos they looked nice, pink and yellow.

*HNK*

ii hate marzipan! there are these princess cakes here, green marzipan with a pink rose, and i just cant eat it, too sugary.

hejsa

u guys u should come to denmark...now its soon christmas and marzipan will be all over dk

Aisha Dubaiwali

ok rupay it is possible that the marzipan u are talking about is diff here :S ..

ohhhhhhh i love badami barfi!!!!!

RupayHalwa

^ or it could be that actually its exactly the same and the fact remains that u weird marzipan lovers are just abnormal...???

No offense guys!