This a must have for the holiday season – with greetings from Germany! It’s easy to make, no kneading needed, and simply delicious with a variety of dried fruit.

Preparation time: 20 minutes (+60 minutes baking)

What you need:

6 eggs

1 ¼ cups (250g) white sugar

1 cup (100g) whole almonds

2/3 cup (100g) raisins

¾ cup (100g) dried cranberries

¾ cup (100g) dried apricots, cut into small pieces

¾ cup (100g) lemon peel (Zitronat)

2/3 cup (100g) chopped semi-bitter chocolate

1 ¾ cups (300g) white flour

2 tablespoons rum (optional)

Confectioner’s sugar for dusting

How to do it:

Preheat oven to 350F (180C)

Mix eggs with a whisk, add sugar and stir well

Add almonds, raisins, cranberries, lemon peel, chocolate, apricots one after another and mix well

Add rum and mix well

Add half of the flour and mix well, add the other half until you get a sticky gooey dough.

Butter a loaf baking pan and dust with a bit of flour.

Spread the dough in the baking pan, place it in the oven, and bake for 60 minutes. The bread is done when a wooden stick comes out clean.

Let the fruit bread cool down, remove from the baking pan and powder with sifted confectioner’s sugar

Guten Appetit!

Note: You can keep the bread for 2-3 weeks when wrapped in foil or stored in a plastic container. Just make sure it doesn’t dry out.