From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconfectionercon‧fec‧tion‧er /kənˈfekʃənə $ -ər/ noun [countable] DFBOsomeone who makes or sells sweets, cakes etc
Examples from the Corpus
confectioner• Equal pay claims were brought and lost by several groups of working women, bakers, confectioners and factory workers.• Here there are famous department stores, fashion shops, retail shops with high quality goods, confectioners and pavement cafes. 