Stollen, Germany

A sliced stollen, the dense German Christmas bread full of raisins and candied peel and buried in powdered sugar after baking. Some versions hide a rope of marzipan in the middle. The most famous comes from Dresden, where Dresdner Christstollen is a protected name that only bakers in the city and nearby towns may use, and where the Striezelmarkt Christmas market dates back to 1434.