Christmas Cake

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glenwilson

glenwilson

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These are the two Christmas cakes that I helped bring into the world (by doing some stirring and not much else). Iz did everything else. Took about 3.5 hours to bake. No naked flames near them as the amount of brandy that was used was a lot! And they get a daily dose of brandy to keep them moist until icing.

I have an incentive to get the mixer repaired as preparing the icing can take a fair bit of whisking.

Why 2? 1 for us and 1 for my mum.

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Burnt out food mixer parts. All replaced and it is working again. A little bit fiddly to do but relatively easy and a very satisfying result.

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There are many German variations I think,

my mother from Franconia does it slightly different than the Dresdner Christstollen... but i have no clue about different countries :)
 
Are there other types of Stollen cake? Like French, Belgian? (Genuine question)
There are neither French nor Belgian Stollen, I’m afraid, it is a traditional German Christmas cake since centuries. It first came up in Dresden / Saxony.
It’s a rich yeast dough with raisins, chopped candied fruit, nuts and spices (sometimes marzipan is added as well); the top is always dusted with icing sugar.
The characteristic oval shape of the Stollen is supposed to symbolize the baby in the cradle - wrapped in white linen. :)
 

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