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| Cake Mixing Activities Collage |
Keeping alive the century’s old tradition of cake mixing in preparation for Christmas, WelcomHotelDwarka, New Delhi organized a fun evening in their signature restaurant Shanghai Club to herald the festival.
The entire group of cheerful Chefs in their stiff white aprons and tall toques, along with the General Manager, Sanjay Sharma and his team, invited media friends, corporate guests, in-house guests, gathered around the table mixing pit and had some fun getting their hands into the business of mixing. The mixing ingredients included cherries, plums, raisins, sweet ginger, black currant, orange peel, cashews etc. The spirits used to mix along were brandy, red wine and rum, vodka, whiskeys and unusual but yes Beer. Then came a whole lot of spice powders like the cinnamon, cloves and all spice mix.
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| Vickrham (Moi) , GM ,Mr.Sanjay Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and other guests (L to R) |
It was a spectacle to watch and savour for the
lifetime. All, glove clad hands rose up and came down to muddle up things in
the most luscious mixture of sinfully addictive nuts and spirits. This ceremony
is an opportunity to cherish the memories and harness love and relations. Expressing his views, General Manager, Sanjay Sharma,
WelcomHotel Dwarka said, “Hosting Cake Mixing Ceremony is always an incredible
experience and we are overwhelmed with all the love and excitement that
everyone added to make this occasion even more joyful and special”.
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| BAKERY CHEF and the Team |
The evening saw unlimited excitement,
laughter, warmth and chit-chat among the guests and was made even more special
with the surprising treat of eclectic cocktail and snacks put up by Executive
Chef Akshay Malhotra and his team.
The History of cake mixing
The Christmas cake traces its
roots to an old English tradition that began as plum porridge. People ate the
porridge on Christmas Eve, using it to fill their stomachs after a day of
fasting. Soon dried fruit, spices and honey were added to the porridge mixture,
and eventually it turned into Christmas pudding.
In the 16th century, oatmeal was
removed from the original recipe, and butter, wheat, flour and eggs were added.
These ingredients helped hold the mixture together in what resulted in a boiled
plum cake. Richer families that had ovens began making fruit cakes with
marzipan, an almond sugar paste, for Easter.
For Christmas, they made similar
cake using seasonal dried fruit and spices. The spices represented the exotic
eastern spices brought by the wise men. This cake was known as “Christmas
cake”.
Christmas cakes are usually made
in advance keeping the cake upside down in an airtight container after baking.
A small amount of brandy, sherry or whisky is then poured into holes of the
cake every week until Christmas. This is called “feeding the cake”.
Making Christmas cakes is a
tradition which involves the whole family and as the early ‘inns’ were family
run establishments the tradition spread to involving travelers or guests who
were staying in the inn at that time, looking to them as an extension of the
family.
ABOUT
WELCOMHOTEL DWARKA
Conveniently located in Asia's largest
sub-city Dwarka, right behind the Indira Gandhi International Airport,
WelcomHotel Dwarka, New Delhi let's you discover one of the world's most
vibrant cities filled with a distinct culture and a fascinating history.
WelcomHotel Dwarka, a Delhi airport location offering from the stable of ITC
hotels, is an upper upscale proposition that is an inclusive blend of contemporary design and
international service standards, offering a unique experience to the discerning
traveler.
The Hotel offers a range of accommodation
across its 322 elegant, well-equipped rooms and suites along with pearls of ITC
Hotels' brand of cuisine. The culinary offerings comprise of K&K - a
specialty Indian restaurant that shines in radiance of a thousand candles,
Pavilion 75 - the all day dining restaurant and Shanghai Club - a signature
restaurant with a changing ambience to transport you to the orient -serving
authentic Chinese cuisine.
State-of-the-art conference facilities in
excess of 15000 sq ft including two spacious banquet venues, two board rooms,
nine breakaway rooms & two outdoor venues, provide specialized spaces to
deliberate or celebrate any occasion.
The recreation, beauty and fitness
facilities aptly branded as WelcomWellness Centres comprise of swimming pool,
gymnasium, WelcomWellness Salon & WelcomWellness Spa to relax and
rejuvenate.
The Hotel is a perfect expression of the
locale and evokes both the warmth and the cosmopolitan panorama of the capital
city.
Coverage By : Vickrham (vicky)
Email : vickrham.m@gmail.com