marzipan \mar"zi*pan`\ (m[aum]r"z[i^]*p[a^]n`), n. A confection made of almonds and sugar mixed into a paste and molded into shapes. Same as {marchpane.} [PJC]
Marchpane \March"pane`\, n. [Cf. It. marzapane,Sp. pan,. massepain, prob. fr. L. maza frumenty (Gr. ma^za) + L. panis bread; but perh. the first part of the word is from the name of the inventor.] A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar. Called also {marzipan}. [Obs.] --Shak.
Swire said his device was packed inside a radio-cassette recorder, but used marzipan icing instead of semtex plastic explosives.
Swire said in the interview Sunday that the fake device he used at Heathrow in May was packed in a radio-cassette recorder, like the Lockerbie bomb, but used marzipan icing instead of Semtex plastic explosives.