Bring the fragrance of Christmas into your kitchen with spices, dried fruit and nuts. Inspired by Stollen, the traditional Christmas fruit bread, this guide introduces ingredients for enjoying your own festive baking.

Rather than a traditional Stollen recipe or a complete baking kit, this is a guide to choosing spices and ingredients from Vishwas Japan. Use a suitable recipe for your chosen bread or cake, and follow its quantities and preparation instructions.

Choose spices to match your recipe

Spice combinations vary between recipes. You do not need all four spices: choose those your recipe calls for, and measure them carefully.

Cinnamon: a warm, sweet aroma

Cinnamon brings a warm fragrance that complements dried fruit and rich baked goods. Use the quantity specified in your recipe.

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Green cardamom: a fresh, fragrant accent

Cardamom adds a fresh aromatic note to sweet dough. Powder is convenient for mixing into dough or batter, and can also be used in cookies.

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Clove: depth in a small quantity

Clove has an intense, warm aroma. A small quantity can add depth, so follow your recipe and avoid adding too much.

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Nutmeg: a warm finishing note

Nutmeg adds aromatic warmth to festive baking. Use only the small amount specified in your recipe.

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Raisins and almonds for fruitiness and texture

Brown raisins

Raisins bring fruity sweetness to bread and cakes. Follow your recipe for any soaking or other preparation, and drain as directed before adding them to the dough.

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Whole almonds

Almonds bring nutty flavour and texture. Chop whole almonds if your recipe calls for chopped nuts; they are not a direct substitute for almond flour or marzipan.

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A small note on flour: Maida Vishwas

For those exploring different flour options, Maida Vishwas is sold in packaging labelled “NAN FLOUR VISHWAS”. The package lists 12.2g of protein per 100g, an estimated value based on sample analysis.

We introduce it here as an additional flour option to consider, not as a recommended direct replacement for the flour in a traditional Stollen recipe. Protein content alone does not establish baking performance. Choose a recipe suited to your flour, rather than assuming an equal-weight substitution will work.

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Enjoy the remaining spices beyond Christmas

Try cinnamon in toast or hot drinks, or cardamom in chai and cookies. Your Christmas baking ingredients can also bring fragrance to everyday treats.

This page introduces individual ingredients. Finished Stollen and a complete ingredient kit are not offered on this page. Depending on your recipe, you will need other ingredients. Follow your chosen recipe for quantities, preparation, baking and storage; do not assume homemade Stollen-inspired baking has the same keeping qualities as traditional Stollen.