Stollen - yes' you can buy it in Singapore. At Cold Storage, Jellita, worldwide, or make your own.

Stollen - German Christmas cake, log shape, with a marzipan centre. In the huge Cold Storage at Jellita I asked an assistant to point out the stollen and on a large display I saw three varieties. 

Three types of stollen in a supermarket in Singapore. 

One packet trumpeted traditional. Another attracted me with almonds. The third mentioned marzipan. Ah! The picture showed the yellow centre. That was the one we bought. 

Photo shortly. When I find where the family have hidden it from me! 

How much did it cost? Eleven Singapore dollars or more, depending on the size and ingredients. 

(I had searched in vain for Stollen previously in other supermarkets, such as Fairprice in Bukit Panjang.) Last night at an online Toastmasters International meeting of the Nee Soon South Toastmasters, the President who was Topics Master of the Day asked, 'What is your favourite Christmas food?" 

For a moment, I thought, Christmas pudding. But I decided to mention stollen, which is less well known. 

I succeeded at selling the idea. The topics master asked me for the recipe.  I advised her to do what we do with French recipes. Go the country of origin, find a recipe, and run it through Translate Google. 

Simple English wiki says

Stollen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɔlən] (listen) or [ʃtɔln] (listen)) is a fruit bread of nuts, spices, and dried or candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar. It is a traditional German bread eaten during the Christmas season, when it is called Weihnachtsstollen (after "Weihnachten", the German word for Christmas) or Christstollen (after Christ).

Simple wiki shows this picture

The general Wikipedia article has much more information. 

Stollen is stocked in supermarkets until Christmas. In Germany it was originally a pre-lent food. It is sold by the slice in the outdoor or indoor Christmas markets in Germany. If the shops are out of stock, or it is out of season, you can make your own.

You might want to allow time for the currants and raisins to soak overnight in alcohol, and for the bread to rise is using yeast. You can buy the candied peel and marzipan or almond paste, or make your own. 

Almond Paste

Almond paste has bigger chunks of almond but less sugar and is designed for spreading and cooking, rather than Marzipan which is sometimes sold as a thicker solid lump, texture like fudge, for carving (or spreading on top of cakes. 

Beware Of The Sugar Content

My late father was diabetic and loved marzipan. When I went to buy it, I was horrified to see that one month the blocks of marzipan were fifty per cent sugar. But the next month - even worse, 75% sugar!

What is Frangipane?

Frangipane is not just the Italian word for marzipan, as I used to think, wrongly, I have just learned. Frangipane has extra ingredients besides the sugar and almonds, flour, eggs and milk, maybe more. It is more like an almond flavoured yellow custard.

YouTube has many videos on how to make stollen and one on the factory in Germany which makes stollen.

Useful Websites

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stollen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stollen

My previous DIY stollen made using a Tesco kit, Waitrose bites and more.

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2017/11/almonds-marzipan-stollen-and-costa.html

Recipes

Without the marzipan but with pecans (leave out nuts for those allergic to nuts)

https://recipes.fandom.com/wiki/German_Stollen_Bread

https://www.internationaldessertsblog.com/german-christmas-stollen-recipe/

Complete guide including the marzipan

https://www.daringgourmet.com/stollen-german-christmas-bread/

Recipes

https://germanfoods.org/recipes/dresdner-stollen/

Buy Online

https://germanfoods.org/shop-german-foods/?s=&bc-sort=featured&bigcommerce_category=christmas-cakes-and-stollen

About the Author Angela Lansbury

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Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5 
The Author of several books including  Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.

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Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President

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Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;

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Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.

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Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.

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Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.

Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.

Language and speech workshops in Singapore.

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Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.

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