Glühwein - a Cake Hour Christmas Tradition with Cake as a Gift

Every year we have our little Christmas tradition at cake hour serving hot wine - Glühwein - and the things that go with it according to German custom.  That usually includes cookies and Stollen an actually edible type of fruitcake/bread. We had that his year, of course, but a former colleague who moved on to another institution remembered it fondly and had a cake delivered for the occasion. It was a nice raspberry cheesecake from the Vienna Bakery in Barrington, RI.  It had seasonal message. As usual, everything was great!

Christmas fixin's!

 

Stollen and Glühwein!

And a cheesecake too!

Enjoying the treats with a festive not so ugly Christmas sweater!

 

Enjoying a little Vitamin C garnish!