Roughly dice the marzipan. Roughly chop the almonds. Finely chop the candied orange peel in the universal chopper. Whip 175 g butter, salt, sugar, marzipan and vanilla sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer until thick and creamy white. Add the eggs one after the other and stir in.
Mix flour, baking powder and Christmas stollen spice and stir in alternately with the milk. Add candied orange peel, chopped almonds and raisins and fold in. Place 1-2 paper sleeves in each of the 12 wells of a muffin tin. Spread the dough evenly in them. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 30 minutes. In the meantime, roast the flaked almonds in a pan without fat while turning them golden yellow. Remove from the pan and let cool off. Melt 125 g butter in a small pan. Take the muffins out of the oven, place them on a grid and brush them with 1/3 of the melted butter and sieve 1/3 of the powdered sugar on top. Repeat the process 2 more times.
In the meantime, roast the flaked almonds in a pan without fat while turning them golden yellow. Remove from the pan and let cool off. Melt 125 g butter in a small pan. Take the muffins out of the oven, place them on a grid and brush them with 1/3 of the melted butter and sieve 1/3 of the powdered sugar on top. Repeat the process 2 more times. Carefully lift the muffins out of the troughs and let them cool on a grid. Sprinkle the muffins with flaked almonds and serve them decorated with cherries
Waiting time approx. 1 hour