Christmas Stollen - James Martin Chef

Ingredients

• 500g strong white flour
• 20g fresh yeast
• 250g milk (at body temperature)
• 100g unsalted butter (use the wrapper for greasing)
• 25g caster sugar
• 5g salt
• 110g egg (shelled weight), roughly equivalent to 2 large eggs
• 1 batch of crème d’amande
• 200g natural (uncoloured) marzipan, cut into small pieces
• 60g sultanas
• 50g natural glace cherries
• 100g mixed peel
• 30g toasted flaked almonds
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 100g unsalted butter
• 2 capfuls rum
• Icing sugar, to dust
• 250g ground almonds
• 250g caster sugar
• 250g unsalted butter
• 3 large eggs
• 100g flour
• 2 tbsp rum or brandy