A Gugelhupf (also "Kugelhupf", "Guglhupf", "Gugelhopf", and, in France, "kouglof", "kougelhof", or "kougelhopf") is a yeast based cake (often with raisins), traditionally baked in a distinctive circular Bundt mold. It is popular in a wide region of Central Europe particularly in Alsace (sometimes known under a different name with small variations), southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Poland. It is closely related to the Christmas cake in Italy known as the pandoro and to the American bundt cake. In the cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch it is known as "Deitscher Kuche" (German cake).