Believe it or not, Christmas will come in no time. Here at Demel everyone has been very busy and as you can see, ''Lebkuchen'' (very traditional cookies for this area, traditionally coming from Germany - Nürnberg or Lübeck as well) or as you may know it under gingerbread cookies are being decorated. When I feel their smell through the whole bakeshop, I know Christmas time is on the way! One big batch has already been baked and decorated, because they get sold very fast so we have to be ready!
And a good thing about them is that as longer they stay, flavors dvelop and their taste is much better!

Since Monday we have started with ''Christstollen'' which is also very traditional Christmas bread for this area, originating from Dresden (Germany). And I love it, M M M. One of my favourites. Funny thing is that I didn't like dried fruits before, and now since my mum started making her own Arancini - candied orange zest, I am loving it! They call it Arancini here even though when I googled it, I get a traditional Sicilian dish called Arancini which are basically fried rice balls, but literally, Arancini in sicilian means small oranges.
Stollen is something really special and the same rule goes as with the Lebkuchen - the longer it stays, the more pronounced the aroma will be.
Even though lots of work is coming up, I am enjoying every single day of this beautiful time of the year!