one of my favourite treats during the Christmas season is the Christmas stollen. i learned about this treat when i was in college. i was being courted by a very nice looking, scholarly type guy who was teaching chemistry; he was educated and trained in germany. so i thought i'd try to impress him some more by learning german at the Goethe House in manila. when the school had a Christmas party before the term break, he asked if i could be his date. it turned out it wasn't the college that was having the party but the Goethe House. to his surprise, a couple of students and my german instructor knew me. to my surprise they knew him, too. i nearly fell in love with him because he could speak german so well. then at the buffet table i saw this yummy thing and i said "oooh, fruit cake!" they said it's not fruit cake, it's Christmas stollen. my comeback was "ich liebe weihnachtsstollen." we dated a couple of times, but the guy insisted we speak in german so i could learn fast. and at the GH, the instructor was always picking on me thinking i should be quick to learn the language just because i was dating someone who spoke the language. the appeal of the language tapered off by the time i moved to intermediate german.
but the stollen never lost its appeal to me. i make it a point to get a couple of loaves every holiday season and i put one in the freezer to enjoy in the spring. just like i buy many panettone so i have it long after the holidays are over.
for the mundane challenge. i hope i'm not late. but if i am, oh, well, i ate the stollen!
You have certainly led an interesting life. I like stollen also and this is a tempting shot of yours. A friend of my good friend sent her a photo of one she had made. Knowing I liked stollen, my friend passed it on to me. Much bigger with less powdered sugar. I liked the idea that it was intended to look like a swaddled baby Jesus.
Just in time for the challenge; thanks for entering. I love stollen; have not had it in years. My mother’s family use to make it at Christmas. My husband’s family called it “kuchen” and the debate came up every year....Yours looks delicious.
A Weihnachtsstollen... :-)
A very nice surprise to find this traditional German and Austrian cake with you. And a great story too... You are a really amazing personality.
Greetings to Canada!
Lovely story... and great picture. Now I want "Kerststol" (the Dutch version - very similar with the addition of some almond paste baked in it). Guess I have to bake it myself... or maybe not... Carrefour (the main grocery store) has a lot of Dutch/Belgium and French things... I will have a look!
Lovely shot and story; just finished our “stol” as we call it in Dutch ; since quite a few years, bakers make them in spring as well and call it “Easter-stol” so no need to put it in the freezer 😉 and of course, it’s a fruitcake 😂
@merrelyn - i know what you mean. the panettone we buy is italian made so it was really scarce this time and whatever there was was almost double the price. the local ones made by italian bakeries here does not even match so i had to cough up the cash. the stollen also is rather scarce that's why i scooped up whatever was at the grocery store, but i regret not getting more. it used to cost less than $5 last year but this year it jumped to $9.
So wonderful to see this Stollen wearenot ableto travel and this was always a gift from a wonderful friend we would normally spend timewith. One year we were given one asa gift...we loaded it into the car along with our beautiful Chocolate Lab By the time we got in the car our dearLab had eaten the whole thing! So lovely to have met you over our passion for photography. Until we meet again I would like to Wish you All the Very Best for 2021!
A very nice surprise to find this traditional German and Austrian cake with you. And a great story too... You are a really amazing personality.
Greetings to Canada!