Resurrecting another thread:

I saw in am old National Trust magazine (I think it was, anyway) a chocolate stollen. It was only the picture, and it gave a link to the recipe, which, by the time I saw it had been removed from the website.

It appeared to be a chocolate loaf cake in its shape, and looked like a soft and gooey chocolate (was it marzipan?) centre through it.

I believe it was a recipe that was featured in a 'chocolate recipe' competition, if that's any help.

Any chance that someone copied the recipe - and still has it?

Thanks Toffeeapple - I wouldn't mind trying this - although looking at the ingredients, it doesn't appear to have chocolate in the marzipan centre.

I wonder if I could melt some chocolate, or add cocoa to the marzipan mix - maybe that may work?

Hi Toffeeapple,

If only I could find the picture, and show you what it looked like - the centre of the stollen looked much darker and a little bit gooey - and chocolatey.

Both my son and daughter are chocoholics, so at birthday and celebrations, I like to try something they haven't tasted before.

Can I post a recipe here for one of those chocolatey gorgeousness?

Thanks Toffeeapple,

I have now seen another on Google images -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/features/2003/.....llen.shtml

though this isn't the same one as I saw in the National Trust mag - but it certainly does have a chocolateyness about it ............

Of course!

And how shall I send it?

This reminds me of when my daughter was at University, her housemate mentioned that her Mother had just discovered e-mail, and asked her daughter if she could send her new knitted jumper that way ...... ah bless!

Aha, are you otherwise known as Serafina, from Philip Pullman's 'Dark Materials'?

(I love reading the clever children's books - Harry Potter, too !!)