Stollen
stollen german ˈʃtɔlən german ʃtɔln fruit bread nut spice dried candied fruit coated powdered sugar icing sugar often containing marzipan traditional german christmas bread christmas season cakelike loaf called weihnachtsstollen weihnachten german word christmas christstollen christ ringshaped stollen made bundt cake gugelhupf pan called stollenkranz stollen wreath stollen cakelike fruit bread made yeast water flour usually zest added dough orangeat candied orange peel candied citrus peel zitronat raisin almond various spice cardamom cinnamon added ingredient milk sugar butter salt rum egg vanilla dried fruit nut marzipan may also added dough except fruit added dough quite low sugar finished bread sprinkled icing sugar traditional weight stollen around kg lb smaller size common bread slathered melted unsalted butter rolled sugar soon come oven resulting moister product keep better marzipan rope middle optional dried fruit macerated rum brandy superiortasting bread dresden stollen originally striezel moist heavy bread filled fruit first mentioned official document dresdner stollen remains notable available – amongst place – dresden christmas market striezelmarkt dresden stollen produced city dresden distinguished special seal depicting king augustus ii strong official stollen produced dresden bakery early stollen different modern version ingredient flour oat water christmas bread stollen baked first time council trent made flour yeast oil water advent season time fasting baker allowed use butter oil cake tasteless hard th century medieval saxony central germany north bavaria south brandenburg prince elector ernst – brother duke albrecht – decided remedy writing pope rome saxon baker needed use butter oil saxony expensive hard come made turnip pope nicholas v – denied first appeal five pope died finally pope innocent viii – sent letter known butterletter prince successor granted use butter without pay fine princeelector family household others also permitted use butter condition pay annually gold coin gulden support building freiberg minster papal restriction use butter removed saxony became protestant century bread changed simple fairly tasteless bread sweeter bread richer ingredient marzipan although traditional stollen sweet light airy copy made around world gdr dresdner stollen sent west germany way thanking citizen west germany sending care packet westpaket available gdr citizen high enough standard appreciated gift commercially made stollen become popular christmas food britain recent decade complementing traditional dish mince pie christmas pudding major supermarket sell version many made germany often baked home baker every year stollenfest take place dresden historic tradition ended fall monarchy started idea come dresden history dresden christmas market striezelmarkt mentioned chronicle first time tradition baking christmas stollen dresden old christmas stollen dresden already baked th century baker dresden offered ruler saxony christmas stollen weighing pound kg gift custom continued augustus ii strong – elector saxony king poland grand duke lithuania king loved pomp luxury splendour feast impressed subject ordering bakers’ guild dresden make giant tonne stollen big enough everyone portion eat around guest taking part festivity occasion legendary amusement festivity known zeithainer lustlager special occasion court architect matthäus daniel pöppelmann – built particularly oversized stollen oven oversized stollen knife also designed solely occasion today festival take place saturday second sunday advent cake weighs three four tonne carriage take cake parade street dresden christmas market ceremoniously cut piece distributed among crowd return small payment go charity special knife grand dresden stollen knife silverplated knife metre ft long weighing kilogram lb copy lost baroque original knife used cut oversize stollen dresden christmas fair largest stollen baked lidl metre ft long certified guinness book world record railway station haarlem dresden stollen festival dresden stollen history english germany embassy canada