With 10% fine almond paste filling, this Christmas cake typical of the Alsatian tradition will be perfect for breakfasts, snacks and gourmet desserts!
- Bread stuffed with almond paste and decorated with dried and candied fruits, Stollen is a traditional Christmas cake of very ancient German origin. It dates back to the 1300s when it was prepared as a Christian symbol, representing Jesus in his swaddling clothes.
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If the symbol is now obsolete, the tradition continues, the Stollen being a real essential of the Alsatian end
- year celebrations. Its production is done from September to December only.
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It can be served hot or cold for delicious breakfasts, snacks and festive desserts!
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Fortwenger, a traditional Alsatian house for 200 years
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For 200 years, the pastry chefs at Maison Fortwenger have been carrying on the Alsatian tradition of gingerbread and biscuit
- making.
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It was Charles Fortwenger, then a young master baker, who founded the workshop in 1768 in Gertwiller, the gingerbread capital nestling in the pre
- Vosges hills. Since then, all Fortwenger products, both cakes and gingerbread, have been made here using the know
- how and excellence of the Alsatian company.
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Fortwenger
