gugelhupf is made with a soft yeast dough, baked in a high, creased, toroidal pan. depending on the region it can contain raisins, almonds or sometimes also kirschwasser cherry brandy. some regional varieties (czech, hungarian and slovak) are filled with a layer of sweetened ground poppy seeds. sometimes a regular pound cake or a marble cake made without yeast but baked in a gugelhupf pan is also called gugelhupf.