Warm milk in a pot lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in it. Put 175 g flour and milk into a mixing bowl and mix until smooth with a whisk. Cover the pre-dough and leave to rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes
Roast almonds in a pan without fat while turning for 2-3 minutes, remove. Finely chop the candied fruit, mix with almonds and rum
Bring 100 g sugar and 100 ml water to the boil in a saucepan. Boil the orange zest, star anise and cinnamon stick for 4-5 minutes, remove the pot from the stove
Mix 150 g fat, 75 g sugar, eggs, egg yolks, lemon peel, salt and vanillin sugar with the whisks of the hand mixer for 2-3 minutes. Add the pre-dough and 200 g flour and knead to a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Knead candied fruit, almonds and rum into the dough. Pour the dough into a greased, flour-dusted ring cake mould (approx. 2.5 litres capacity), cover and leave to rise in a warm place for approx. 25 minutes. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 45 minutes
Take out the cake and let it cool in the mould for about 5 minutes, then turn out onto a cake rack. Melt 50 g fat in a pot and spread it on the cake with a brush, let it cool down. Mix icing sugar, lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of water to a thick icing, place on the cake and let it run down slightly. Put the orange zest in a sieve, drain and decorate the cake with it
waiting time approx. 3 hours