View Poll Results: Excess Stollen?
Mmmm.. Stollen. I should send it to poor Nutek who has none.
2
6.90%
Ugh.. Stollen. Awful stuff. Helpful Nutek can dispose of it for me.
12
41.38%
All this Stollen is fattening. Lucky Nutek is here to help me eat it.
4
13.79%
I just noticed I have no Stollen! I should buy some plus extra for Nutek.
14
48.28%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll
Stollen
Nov 28th 2016, 1:48 pm
#92
Yo
Joined: Nov 2012
Location: UK
Posts: 24,474
Re: Stollen
Panettone is where it's at. Miles better than Stollen or other festive concoctions. Coincidentally, just purchased a big one and little one today.
Nov 28th 2016, 2:00 pm
#93
Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: CT
Posts: 33,493
Re: Stollen
My Gran used to make great fruit cakes ( not the gelatinous crap called "fruit cake" here). Gran rocked.
Nov 28th 2016, 3:13 pm
#94
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,442
Re: Stollen
..... It has the consistency of a dry bread with a few bits of dried fruit scattered through it, and as a connoisseur of fruit cake I can assure you it falls a long way short of the mark.
.... My Gran used to make great fruit cakes. .... Gran rocked. .....
Last edited by Pulaski; Nov 28th 2016 at 3:36 pm.
Nov 28th 2016, 3:26 pm
#95
Turning into a PA gal!
Joined: Feb 2013
Location: State College PA, finally!
Posts: 3,563
Re: Stollen
Fruit cake should have lots of fruit and just enough cake to fill in the gaps. Not the other way around. Then a good layer of marzipan, then just a sufficiency of icing that isn't so hard that a trip to the dentist ensues.
Dec 1st 2016, 12:12 am
#97
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 0
Re: Stollen
Dec 1st 2016, 3:15 am
#100
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Joined: Feb 2004
Location: Midlands - MA - CO-CA
Posts: 2,763
Re: Stollen
Don't forget to soak the fruit in brandy, rum or another booze for a few days before mixing, and after it's been baked, before putting marzipan on, poke some holes in it with a skewer and drop more booze down the holes. Add a teaspoon of glycerin to the royal icing, and it won't become too hard. I usually make a Christmas cake most years, but not this year. I'm partial to (good)Christmas cake, like Nutek is to Stollen.
Dec 1st 2016, 7:20 am
#101
Concierge
Joined: May 2006
Location: ex ex-pat, in Taunton
Posts: 27,211
Re: Stollen
Don't forget to soak the fruit in brandy, rum or another booze for a few days before mixing, and after it's been baked, before putting marzipan on, poke some holes in it with a skewer and drop more booze down the holes. Add a teaspoon of glycerin to the royal icing, and it won't become too hard. I usually make a Christmas cake most years, but not this year. I'm partial to (good)Christmas cake, like Nutek is to any cake.
Dec 1st 2016, 12:10 pm
#102
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,442
Re: Stollen
She has done them with marzipan and hard icing, but all I need is a naked cake to keep me happy.
Dec 1st 2016, 8:53 pm
#105
Turning into a PA gal!
Joined: Feb 2013
Location: State College PA, finally!
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