Photo: DPAA “Stollen” is a special Christmas cake, mostly referred to as fruit cake, which has three main varieties. But the name fruit cake is a slightly misleading because you would expect large chunks of dried fruit but, usually, these fruits are crushed into small pieces so that no large chunks remain. Whether with fruit, marzipan or poppy seeds all of these cakes are loaf-formed and covered in powdered sugar. “Stollen”, likewise referred to as “Christstollen”, is the number one traditional German Christmas pastry. Ich mag den mit Marzipan viel lieber.”“I am not such a fan of the Christmas cake with a lot of dried fruit.

Source: The Local December 04, 2019 09:11 UTC