Why is it called âmarquiseâ?
Iâd always understood this to refer to the glass and metal awnings over so many French doorways.
No idea but that looks like a trad English recipe for biscuit cake aka tiffin squares to me, tarted up with a French pseudonym, since a marquise au chocolat which is a real French dessert doesnât have those bits in as you can see from this
God save us things have names, words mean something and now I am incensed (ok just slightly irritated) lazy lazy writer of that post - see the delicious things below, what do they have in common we may ask they arenât marquise au chocolat, thatâs what.
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not with me I hope for tagging you 
@Graham_Lees
Of course not, I was flattered to be deemed a worthy cake pundit 
it does irritate me though, the laziness, so bad to trot out a recipe for I donât know, bog-standard mince and tatties and call it hachis parmentier, well it isnât the same thing even if there are ingredients in common. Misleading nonsense. Grrrrrrrrrr and so pointless because why would anyone do that, a marquise is a marquise and biscuit cake is biscuit cake and they are both delicious so why faff about. Urrrgh.
Iâve written to them, they wonât post my comment so here it is below:
They are known in our house as ICBâs, icky choccie biccies.
The best ones are made by a friend on Exmoor and always taken to point to points.
where else would they point? 
(thereâs no âIâll get my coatâ emoji, sadly)
I gave up on taste of france recipes, and quite a few others, as often wrong. Or not proof read/tested properly.
Often such recipes are a useful guide though for the more creative to base their own ideas on and inspire, so still have their uses imo.
Besides, itâs a bit of fun creating disastersâŠ
I donât think you were tagged as a cake pundit VĂ©ronique - more as an expert on recondite French vocabulary like âmarquiseâ.
but Geof, she does like proper chocolate as witnessed in another thread 
My OH would call most of my cooking fun 
Point to Points are races, usually organised by the local Hunt.
They are over fences, some built jumps and others natural obstacles and can be used to qualify for National Hunt racing.
They are the highlights of country folk during the winter.
Steeplechases originated as unofficial races between riders racing from one church steeple to another.
Thanks Jane.
In a former life I was an unaffiliated Jump Judge and my comment was mischievous but thanks for the heads up.
I used to enjoy watching The Hunt too parading through our local village until dark forces stopped this very useful countryside pastime.
I hope you went on the big Marches.
We went on the first one with the VWH, but I had just had surgery and couldnât make the second one.
Which Hunt was yours?
A small local one in mid Essex Jane (where I was a Parish Councillor).
All hunts are local, that is why they were so successful.
Of course Jane, but some were larger than others and thus attracted more of the âsnivelling nutter townieâ element hell bent on destroying the very fabric of the countryside.