Giant Dresden Stollen cake shown at Christmas market
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(8 Dec 2018) A giant Christmas cake was unveiled in Dresden on Saturday as part of the German city's 25th annual 'Stollenfest'. The huge stollen, which weighed in at 8488 pounds (3850 kilograms), was paraded through the streets accompanied by a marching band. Stollen is a bread-like cake traditionally made in Germany and usually eaten during the Christmas season. Hundreds of visitors queued at the Christmas market in Dresden, known as Striezelmarkt, to buy a piece of stollen which was baked especially for the event. The cake was priced at about 6.5 euros (7.4 US dollars) for a large slice, Proceeds from the cake will be donated to charity. The stollen festival tradition dates back to 1730. Cake ingredients include almonds, sultanas, wheat flour and candied orange. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f07f89af4ceb1a07427d718e86b84f44
