Fragen über die Beispielsätze mit, und die Definition und Benutzung von "Confection"

A: food that is sweet, like candy or a pastry

A: confection = one piece or kind of sweet food
confectionery = the group of all confections; the skill or art of making confections

Before Europe discovered sugar, confectionery was made with honey or fruit.
She is a talented chef, but her specialty is confectionery (= her best skill is the skill of making confections).

Ice cream is my favorite confection (= my favorite kind of sweet food).
Jessica ate all the chocolate confections (= all of the pieces of candy made of chocolate) in the box, and left the fruit-flavored ones untouched.

A: Confection would be a expensive or fancy sweet. You'd get at a bakery.

Sweets are general. Candy. etc.

A: In America(In Australia and UK it might be different) sweets usually only mean candy, like Kit kat and hersheys.
Confection is a little old fashioned, i've only heard it a few times in my life when i was reading older books!! when i hear confection i think of Ice cream and pastries, like cupcakes and cakes. and there are "confection shops" but there arent "sweets shops" ..they are usually called "candy shops" instead.
hope this helps!

A: “An-Doughnut” is an original confection of Japan. They usually shaped like a small ball and contain red bean paste in the center.

A: This cake (or biscuit) goes well with coffee, and probably tea too.