Cut the cherries and pineapple into small pieces. Mix with candied orange peel and candied lemon peel and marinate in liqueur for about 1 hour. Roughly chop the chocolate. Cream fat, sugar and vanilla sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer. Stir in eggs one by one. Mix flour and baking powder and stir in portions. Add pickled fruits with liqueur, pistachios and chopped chocolate and stir in.
Pour the mixture into the greased and flour-scattered ring cake mould (2.8 litres capacity). Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 50-60 minutes. (stick sample) Take out and let cool down. Mix egg whites, icing sugar and a few drops of water to a thick icing. Pour the icing over the cake with a spoon. Leave to dry for about 25 minutes. Gugelhupf with candied lemon peel, pistachios and orange peel
waiting time approx. 2 1/2 hours