Would like your advice/ideas

Cher besides the word cooked which in my case would be bake ,,, your description reads/sounds quite close to what i remember .... but i hae no memory for such a name 'Stolen` ???? I DO know the cake kept quite well and was `fresh` even after quite a long time !!! mirjam

Hi Mirjam yes cooked in an oven or baked Stollen is lovely. Anyone want the recipe I have one somewhere..

here is a recipe for it Mirjam and the pic shows what it looks like, apparently it is a german recipe

It looks good, is it like a fruit cake? Which I don't eat, by the way... I have this thing about cooked raisins and cherries, etc that make me gag. I do have a question though... what exactly is marzipan? It doesn't give a recipe for that... do you buy that already made and just add it to the rest of the recipe?

Gem

Marzipan is Almond paste... the stuff that goes on rich fruit wedding/anniversary/xmas cakes before the white icing goes on.

We have Eagle Brand in Canada, but I make my own, which is much cheaper.

Higs, Katherine

Ahhh... okay! I know why I didn't know what it was then... my Mom had an allergy to the stuff and would get very sick if she had any... therefore it was never in the house. Thank you for clearing it up. I had heard of marzipan before, but didn't realize that it was the almond paste.

Gem

You evaporate your own milk????

The recipes I've got for marzipan have ground almonds, sugar, almond essence and egg yolks - although I've only ever bought it ready made. It comes out solid, but pliable, which gets softer as it warms up.

yes Penny that is right, I make my own and when you make it yourself it is called almond paste but shop bought is called marzipan....now I wonder why this is...oh well it's all the same to me..

Don't want to over knead it or it goes to oily cheers....Cher

What a great granddaughter! And congratulations on the weight loss. It sounds as though you did it in a sensible way.

Higs, Kather> I am on the tablets too. I occasionally have a square of dark

LOL No, I make my own sweetened condensed milk for rich cookies.

Higs, Katherine

How do you do that Katherine?

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