Overview
- The XXL-Striezel measures about 2.80 meters by 1.40 meters and is already mounted on a carriage.
- More than 3,300 pieces were assembled with generous butter, sugar and powdered sugar to create the pastry.
- A team of 35 bakers and numerous helpers took roughly seven hours to put the stollen together, according to the Schutzverband Dresdner Stollen.
- The giant loaf will be paraded through Dresden on December 6 before being cut at the Striezelmarkt for public tasting.
- Organizers note the festival began in 1994 and has produced 91,918 kilograms of stollen to date, underscoring the tradition’s scale.