Stollen - with Rum Butter / myLot

South Africa

December 3, 2015 11:14am CST

To get me in a more festive mood, I popped into my local Woolworths to see what was available from the International market. The food from EUROPE definitely TASTES better than anywhere else in the world. Chocolates like @LadyDuck explains, tastes and smells like heaven, even the coffee smells better than anywhere i've been. So I found a Stollen - made locally but smells like Europe. A fine German Christmas treat most people like. A Christmas Stollen is aType Fruit cake, origin - Germany Region or state - Saxony Step one, i have something to revitalize some spirit within, but that's not all - I was given three beautiful Big Red and White bells to hang at my window. So the spirit is on the way.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

3 Dec 15

I like Stollen, the niece called half an hour ago to say that she is coming the next Thursday (with fiancee) and they asked for a home made Stollen. Why have I always too cook!

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

4 Dec 15

@Inlemay I will not moan, today I feel better, so I know that I can do it... and even the tortellini, this is a lengthy process.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

4 Dec 15

@LadyDuck Oh how absolutely fabulous that all sounds - You see I can even smell the food from here and its only in the THOUGHT stages - Thoughts transpire to my tongue and then I smellllllll . . . I see you read my daughters post about her Bruschette recipe. I think we will have that every day till Christmas - that will cheer me up.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

4 Dec 15

Because you make memories with them, and dont moan, its wonderful when the family want the REAL DEAL - we can all go buy it in the shops, but it doesnt taste the same. MMMM I wish i was there to have some of your homemade Stollen - I am off to have some with my Coffee.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

3 Dec 15

tried Stollen for the first time last Christmas - it tastes amazing

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

3 Dec 15

I had it as a child as my Grandmother had some German family - but then there was the gap until i went to Europe and bought it there again - the real Dresdan one, I hope this one will be as good.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

3 Dec 15

@Inlemay hope so too, and hope I see some again this year

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

9 Sep 16

Talking about Woolworth's I got some chocolates from that Mall in Queensland, Australia some years ago. They were just in a creal open with no wrappings. Honestly i have never tasted such delicious goodies considering that no fuss was made wrapping them in any fancy paper nor in any fancy boxes.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

5 Dec 15

The cake sounds yummy.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

6 Dec 15

it is smooth and very tasty, i have every morning with my coffee.

Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

4 Dec 15

mmmn rum cake sounds lovely

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

4 Dec 15

it was lovely - tomorrow morning I shall have some more

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AtypicalRussian

@TypicalRussian (747)

• Budennovsk, Russian Federation

4 Dec 15

Isn't that Stollen full of raisins? Once i bought it in one of expensive supermarkets and it was written "made in Germany" on the sticker. And i really havent seen so much raisin in a loaf before