confection

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

“The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.”

The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.

The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.

“The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.”

An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.

Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.

A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.

To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.