frangipane
Americannoun
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a kind of pastry cake, filled with cream, almonds, and sugar.
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the filling used in such a pastry.
noun
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a pastry filled with cream and flavoured with almonds
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a rich cake mixture containing ground almonds
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a variant of frangipani
Etymology
Origin of frangipane
1670–80; < French < Italian. See frangipani
Example Sentences
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It involves a few extra steps—making almond frangipane, apple butter and apple glaze—but they’re what makes this the best galette I’ve ever tasted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Make frangipane, and so on, and so on.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
Hers features an any-nut frangipane you can slather onto staled panettone, croissants, brioche or even white bread and top with your choice of nuts and fruit.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2021
Free-form rustic galettes layered with frangipane and sweet pears.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2021
Instead of frangipane, spread raisins over the sweetmeats, or almonds, peanuts, hazel-nuts, etc., all cut in small strips, lengthwise; you make then an infinite number of different small cakes.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
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