Stollen

Ingredients

• 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/3 cups ground almonds
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 large tablespoons rum
• 7 1/2 cups white bread flour
• 2/3 ounce (about 4 level teaspoons) fresh yeast
• 2 1/2 cups milk, at body temperature
• 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; use the wrapper for greasing
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 level teaspoons salt
• 8 ounces (shelled weight) eggs, roughly equivalent to 4 large
• 1 batch crème d’amande
• 1 1/4 cups natural (uncolored) marzipan, cut into small pieces
• 1 1/3 cups golden raisins
• 3/4 cup glacé cherries
• 1 1/2 cups candied peel
• 1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds
• 4 tablespoons rum
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 2 capfuls rum
• confectioners’ sugar, for dusting