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Christstollen/German christmas fruit cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Christstollen/German christmas fruit cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Below is the classic recipe of Dresdner Christstollen, or also known as German Christmas fruitcake. Using an electric mixer fitted with a hook, mix flour, remaining sugar, salt, butter, yeast and eggs on a medium speed until dough is smooth and elastic. Remove the stollen from the oven, and brush them with melted butter. Transfer to a rack to cool completely.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have christstollen/german christmas fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Christstollen/German christmas fruit cake:

1. Get 500 gr all purpose flour
2. Take 1 egg
3. Make ready 150 gr butter
4. Get 100 g sugar
5. Take 150 ml milk
6. Prepare 7 gr / 1 pack dry yeast
7. Take 120 gr raisin (soaked in rum)
8. Take 50 gr zitronat / dried lemon
9. Prepare 50 gr orangeat / dried orange
10. Take 100 gr chopped almond
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
12. Take 1/4 tsp clove powder
13. Take 1/4 tsp cardamon powder
14. Prepare Garnish:
15. Prepare 50 gr melted butter
16. Take Powder sugar

The Stollen is Germany's answer to the Fruit Cake. It is quite similar in preparation and ingredients but is more like a bread and less dense compared to the fruit cake. The Christstollen has been around for centuries now. It is a yeasted bread baked with a mix of rum soaked dry fruits, nuts, spices and candied citrus peel.

Steps to make Christstollen/German christmas fruit cake:

1. Warm the milk for 1 minute and add 1 tsp sugar. Add the dry yeast into the warm milk to activate it. Keep it aside.
2. In a bowl, add flour, butter, egg, sugar. Mix it with low speed kitchen machine.
3. Slowly add the milk mixture into the flour mixture. Let it knead for 10 - 15 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.
4. Let the dough ferment/rest for 1 hour in a bowl and cover it with dry towel/ folio
5. After one hour, add the dried fruits and nuts into the dough. Mix it well.
6. Place the dough on top of table. Sprinkle some flour.
7. Roll it flat around 3 cm. Fold the dough from one end to the middle and fold the other side on top of the fold.
8. Place it on baking paper. Let it proof for another 45 minutes.
9. Bake the fruit cake in 180 C oven for 45 minutes.
10. Remove it out of oven. Cool it down for 10 minutes
11. Melt the butter. Brush the butter on top of the cake.
12. Sprinkle enough sugar powder.
13. Cool it down. Slice it into two and pack it with aluminium folio and keep it for one week.
14. The cake will be compact and tasty.
15. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

The Christstollen has been around for centuries now. It is a yeasted bread baked with a mix of rum soaked dry fruits, nuts, spices and candied citrus peel. Transfer to a food processor and grind the blanched almonds. A German Christmas Stollen is made with an enriched, yeasted dough that is filled with dried fruits, spices, nuts and sometimes marzipan. This German Christmas Stollen is filled with A LOT of fruit, which, in my opinion, is absolutely essential for any Christmassy, fruit cake!

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