Marzipan haters look away now – it’s stollen time! Supposedly created by a German baker envisioning a marzipan Jesus swaddled in a breaded, fruit-studded blanket (he or she may have had too much mulled wine that particular Christmas), this enriched loaf comes with a core of marzipan, lashings of rum, nuts, dried fruit, spice and icing sugar. Those who have never had it before are missing out.
All the supermarkets now create a stollen for Christmas, and artisan bakeries throw their sugar-dusted hats into the ring too. We chomped our way through ten of them to find the best for your Christmas table.
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