Tuesdays with Dorie: Kugelhopf

I'll admit I wasn't particularly excited about this week's selection. It sounded good but it's one of those recipes that has yeast in it and involves you having to wait on it to rise. I'm very impatient and waiting on baked goods is not my favorite thing to do. But I pushed through though and made the dough on Sunday, refrigerated it overnight and baked it yesterday. The kugelhopf is something you'd buy at a patisserie, it's a very nice combination of bread and cake, more bread than cake. Dorie's recipe calls for the addition of raisins, I used dried cherries and pistachios. I also used a little more butter to soak the cake in after it came out of the oven. It smelled amazing when it came out. Also traditional kugelhopf is made in a turban shaped mold. I didn't have one of those but I did have this rose shaped bundt pan that resembles a turban (maybe) so I used it instead. The kugelhopf is not the most attractive thing I've made (see the summer fruit galette) but it was good. I'm looking forward to sneaking a piece for breakfast, it is bread...Thanks to Yolanda of The All-Purpose Girl for this week's selection.