9th of December

Stollen – a German Christmas cake

Foto Silvia by Silvia

The following recipe is a simple one of the famous German Christstollen.

Ingredients:

  • 500 g flour
  • 1 sachet baking powder
  • 1 sachet vanilla sugar
  • a pinch of salt
  • 200 g sugar
  • 150 g butter
  • 250 g curd (German: Quark)
  • 2 table spoons of rum
  • juice of half a lemon
  • 3 to 4 drops of rum flavour
  • 1 egg
  • 2 table spoons of milk
  • 150 g chopped almonds
  • raisins, candied fruits (to taste)
  • 1 sachet vanilla custard
Preparation:
  1. Mix all ingredients, roll out the dough a little bit and fold the sides in.
  2. Bake it for 70 minutes at moderate heat (about 175°).
  3. After baking spread melted butter generously and dust it with icing sugar.
Enjoy!

✦ You can download the recipe as pdf here: Stollen