Kugelhopf
[ koo-guh l-hopf, -hawpf ]
/ ˈku gəlˌhɒpf, -ˌhɔpf /
noun German Cookery.
a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
Origin of Kugelhopf
1885–90; < German
Gugelhopf (orig. Swiss G),
Gugelhupf (orig. Austrian, south German dial.), equivalent to
Gugel a hood with a liripipe and partial covering for the shoulders, worn in the Middle Ages (Middle High German
gugel, Old High German
chugela, cucula < Late Latin
cuculla; see
cowl) +
-hopf, -hupf, noun derivative of Middle High German
hopfen to
hop1, skip, jump; apparently from the cake's tendency to overflow the pan in a shape likened to the headgear
Example sentences from the Web for kugelhopf
An extremely useful dish in this ware is the mixing bowl in which Kugelhopf kuchen, ready for shaping, is shown.