Major hotels have started preparations for making Christmas cakes, which are an integral part of the celebrations. All hotels in Kochi too are holding cake mixing ceremonies now.
Cake mixing is a big event as cakes are not only meant to be part of the Christmas festivities but also serve to open new opportunities for businesses and professionals.
Christmas is the most popular festival on earth. The New Year celebrations follow days later. Both these occasions cannot be enjoyed without cakes.
Usually, plum cakes are referred to as Christmas cakes. Cake mixing announces the approach of the Christmas-New Year celebrations. It was observed with a lot of ceremonies in European countries in the past. The dry fruits required to make plum cakes were mixed reverentially and kept in airtight jars. The ceremony was accompanied by prayers as well as celebrations.
Nowadays, for making plum cakes, various fruits, dried grapes, dates, pineapple, and fig fruits are mixed together. These constitute the major ingredients of the cakes.
