Wednesday, May 6, 2009

not your basic fruitcake....


We made Stollen and Kugelhopf bread today. Stollen bread is typically served at Christmas and it has German roots back to the 1300s.  It is full of fruit that has been marinated in sugar and rum. Yikes. 
Kugelhopf is from Austria and it is baked in various versions of a bundt tin. It's a light, sweet cake with shaved almonds on the edges.  Both breads are better suited for breakfast than for dinner. What a way to start the day.