I went out for dinner on Sat night and had a dessert that sounded like Fragipan?

Question

It was an Italian restaurant and the dessert was a cross between a cake and a cheesecake with a fruit topping inside the cake. I can't find any recipes for Fragipan, any ideas what this dessert might have been called?

Answer 1

Frangipane is used commonly to refer to a filling tasting of almonds or made from almonds. This filling can be used in a variety of ways including cakes, tarts and other assorted pastries. An alternative French spelling from a 1674 cookbook is franchipane with earliest modern spelling coming from a 1732 confectioners' dictionary. Originally designated as a custard tart that is flavored by almonds or pistachios it came later to designate a filling that could be used in a variety of confections and baked goods. There is an unclear linguistic connection between frangipani the flower; Frangipani, the nobleman perfume maker to King Louis XIII of France and the food product.

Frangipane can also refer to:

A custard filling flavored with almonds and/or crushed macaroons.
A Belgian almond pastry tart. Usually the individual cakes have a striped pattern on top, occasionally with icing.


1: 8oz soft butter
2: 8oz caster sugar
3: 8oz ground almonds
4: 8oz eggs
5: inch deep pastry ring lined with short crust pastry
6: 2 table spoons apricot jam


METHOD

A: beat 1+2+3+4 together for about 4 minuets
B: spread 6 on the bottom of 5
C: place the mix in pastry ring and sprinkle with sliced almonds
D: place in an oven at 180c cook for 25 min or until set

Answer 2

i know fragipane as an almond paste used in desserts, perhaps the resturant is online and you can check the menu

Answer 3

It was probably a Frangipan - try this link http://www.odense.com/recipes/orr.cfm?recipeid=12

Answer 4

It is Frangipani. The smell is of this tropical flower

Answer 5

try Frangipane perhaps