what is frangipane
Frangipane (. [fÊÉÌÊipan]. ) is a filling made from or flavored with almonds. This filling can be used in a variety of ways including cakes, tarts and other assorted pastries, such as the Jesuite.An alternative French spelling from a 1674 cookbook is franchipane with the earliest modern spelling coming from a 1732 confectioners' dictionary.rangipane is one of France's many traditional foods associated with Christmas celebration. Today it is normally made of butter, sugar, eggs, and ground almonds. In some anecdotes it was the kind of sweet that the noblewoman Jacopa da Settesoli brought to St. Francis of Assisi in 1226, when he was dying.