CHRISTMAS GOODIES - TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE

Traditional Christmas Fruitcake is a type of fruitcake served at Christmas time in many countries. No Christmas celebration is complete without a traditional fruitcake.

I have done this cake in mainly 4 steps.. Firstly, I have soaked the chopped dry fruits for 3 weeks prior to baking it at Christmas. Then I will bake the Cake a week before Christmas so that the cake can be drizzled with extra tsps of rum(or any alcohol of your choice) until Christmas day in regular intervals. I will then decorate the cake according to the whims and fancies of my little one and enjoy this scrumptious bundle of goodness on Christmas day! 

You will have a lovely, moist, rich rum soaked Traditional Christmas Fruitcake ready to savour!

Recipe Link : Traditional Christmas Fruitcake - Soak the fruits in Rum

A week left for Christmas. Now, let’s get started on baking the cake.

CHRISTMAS GOODIES - CHOCOLATE FUDGE

The thing about Chocolate is that it appeals to all ages and one can never have enough of it !

Today, my 6 year old was totally in the mood of helping me in the kitchen for my Christmas goodies preparations. So, I decided to treat him to homemade Chocolate Fudge.

This recipe requires just 2 ingredients which are easily available in any household with kids and specially with Kids who have a sweet tooth ! The best part about this recipe is that the kids can do it almost 90% by themselves with a bit of our supervision and guidance.

CHRISTMAS GOODIES - TRICOLOUR GOAN BAATH CAKE

The Goan Baath Cake is another one of my favorite holiday treats. The Baath cake is a deliciously rich and moist coconutty flavored cake that is normally made during the Christmas season, but can also be enjoyed all year round! It is mainly made with coconut and semolina with a hint of spice.

This is fairly simple cake recipe. However, you need to bear in mind that the cake batter needs to be kept aside for 6-8 hours, preferably overnight, (depending on the quantity of the cake batter) to enable the semolina to absorb the liquid from the batter and swell up. The cake thus becomes much more moist and tastier. This cake can be served warm or cold or at room temperature. My family enjoys this cake with hot ginger tea on a cool winter’s evening.

Ahhh!!!... Simply heavenly!

CHRISTMAS GOODIES - KULKULS

 

CHRISTMAS ……. Ahhh!! T’is the season to be jolly!

When we are surrounded by such lovely Christmas goodies, how can one NOT be jolly !!

Christmas holds very fond memories of my childhood. Growing up in a Parsi household, I was blessed to have very good and sweet Catholic neighbours,who,without fail, used to send Christmas sweets and delicacies to us.  As a kid, I recall making a grab for the Marzipans, perad (guava cheese), doce, baath cake (semolina and coconut cake) and of course the KULKULS !! They are, by far ,my favorite treat in the entire Christmas platter.

Kulkuls are small bites of sweet goodness made during Christmas.

CHRISTMAS GOODIES - TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE - Soaking the Dry Fruits in Rum

   

Chopped Dry Fruits

Soaking the Dry fruits in Rum

Step 1 - Soaked Dry Fruits for the Traditional Christmas Fruit Cake

Mulled wine and warm cider. Soups and breads. Christmas. Baking fruit cakes and Christmas pudding. Christmas tree and nativity decoration. Ornaments and lights. Candy canes and chocolates. Hymns and carols. Santa and his elves.  A brand new year and few carried over un-kept resolutions. These are a few of my favorite things. … (sing it the ‘Julie Andrews’ way of ‘Sound of Music’ ) J J 

Traditional Christmas Fruitcake is a type of fruitcake served at Christmas time in many countries. No Christmas celebration is complete without a traditional fruitcake.

" LEGO MITHAI " !!

My 5 year old loves this homemade version similar to a Milk Cake :)

Just to brief you, my son is a die-hard LEGO fan. He can eat, sleep, talk LEGO ! so when I came across this absolutely adorable silicon mold, I couldn't stop myself from buying it!

I use it for multiple things like making LEGO shaped ice cubes, LEGO Shaped cutlets, LEGO shaped chocolates and LEGO shaped desserts ! This is 1 such dessert recipe which my son absolutely adores !

He calls it --- " LEGO MITHAI " :)

This dessert is made from the brown milk solids that is left after you make Ghee(Clarified butter) at home. (Click for recipe for CLARIFIED BUTTER (GHEE) )