Stollen by Ruth Lücking
Ingredients
- Few drops of vanilla essence
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch cardamon
- Pinch of nutmeg
- The zest of 1 lemon
- 2 eggs
- 175 g melted butter
- 250 g low fat curd (Quark)
- 150 g sultanas
- 150 g currants
- 100 g chopped almonds
- 150 g mixed peel
- 3 tbs rum
Topping:
- 50 g melted butter
- 50 g Icing sugar
Method
- Pre heat oven to 160 C.
- Mix flour and baking powder.
- Make a hole in the centre, and add sugar, vanilla essence, salt, cardamon,
nutmeg, lenon zest and eggs, mix well, and then add the melted butter and
curd cheese.
- Using a mixer make the mixture into a flat, smooth dough.
- Mix the dried fruit, almonds, and mixed peel together and pour over the rum.
- Mix the fruit and dough together by hand.
- Place the stollen on a baking tray and place in the oven for about 60 minutes.
- When cooked brush the stollen with melted butter and dust with the icing sugar.
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