Stollen 2

Name: Stollen 2
Yield: Makes 10 to 12 slices
Ingredients: 115 g/4 oz/1 cup each of currants, raisins and chopped almonds; 1 teaspoon each ground cardamom and nutmeg; 50 g/2 oz/½ stick unsalted butter, melted; 50 g/2 oz/scant ½ cup icing sugar; 2 tablespoons rose water; zest of 1 lemon; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ sticks unsalted butter, diced; a pinch of salt; a few drops of culinary rose essence; 450 g/1 lb/4 cups self-raising flour; 200 g/7 oz/1 scant cup caster sugar; 4 tablespoons rum, Kirschwasser or eau de vie de framboise; 2 eggs, beaten with; 225 g/8 oz/1⅔ cup cream cheese; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup candied mixed peel

Preparation info

Makes
10 to 12 slices

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb/4 cups self-raising flour
200

Pastry
Breakfast
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Put the flour in a bowl. Make a hollow and in it put the sugar, seasoning, spices and eggs, then mix thoroughly. Add the remaining ingredients. Knead thoroughly, shape into a loaf and place on a greased baking tray. Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C/325°F/gas mark 3 for about 75 minutes