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Monday 22 March 2021

THE STOLLEN

 

The Stollen is a type of German Christmas cake which is a kind of sweet bread, enriched with a various dried fruits and nuts and covered with icing sugar.

German Families and bakeries alike treasured the own secret recipes for the Stollen, and all claimed to have a secret ingredient, details of which would be handed down through the generations.

The shape of the Stollen is like a loaf of bread and is supposed to symbolize the baby Jesus Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.