PUNE: Mouth-watering plum and fruit cakes are jostling for space in city bakeries with just two days left for Christmas.
The Marz-o-rin bakery’s speciality — plum cakes — are flying off the shelves in no time. “If we sell five plum cakes on normal days, almost 15 are sold during Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The other favourites — plum puddings and mince pie — are also selling like hot cakes,” the owner of the bakery,
Jamshed Sheriyarji
, says.
Leelavati Sabale
has soaked fruits in rum since the past two years to bake the perfect Christmas cake. “I know what wonders fruits do to taste buds when soaked in rum. The cakes are baked in the first week of December and are fed rum every week. These are then covered with a thick layer of dry fruits to enhance the taste,”
Sabale
says. She also bakes cookies and Jamaican rum cake.
“For Christmas, people stick to the traditional delicacies rather than experimenting with fusion food,” she says.
Saket Khanna
, the founder of
Mealtango
, a website for community home-chefs, says, “We have received the most number of orders for cakes and desserts. The customers usually prefer traditional delicacies. Our customer database tells us that apart from Christians, people of other faiths also want to purchase the delicacies.”
For 21-year-old Jessica
Lawrence, the fondest Christmas memories are spending hours in the kitchen baking delicacies. “Every year, mom and I make cakes at home. It is an unwritten tradition,” she says.
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