Traditional plum cakes reign over Christmas tastes for Bahrain residents!
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
People do love flavoured cakes, fruit cakes and other varieties - but plum cakes reign high during the Christmas and New Year season.”
“We follow a special spice formula; the taste we offer has been consistent throughout these years and this is the reason behind the customers’ patronage.”
Faisal added that innovation in cake-making is also vital along with maintaining consistency in tastes.
“Every year, we bring out new cakes.
This year we have dates and carrot pudding cake.
We are expecting it to be a big hit among the customers.” Prices of cakes vary from BD3.2 per kilogram to BD7 per kilogram.
At BD17 for a single cake, the Red Velvet is the most expensive of all cakes.
Choice varies from community to community: Fresh Food Manager at LuLu Although plum cakes dominate the preferences of customers, the choice varies from community to community.
Mohammed Hashim, Fresh Food Manager at LuLu Hypermarket, said Asian expatriates preferred plum and imported cakes while Bahrainis and Arab nationals mainly go for fresh cream cakes.
“Europeans and Americans like iced cakes the most.
Yule log is, in fact, one of their favourites.”
Yule log is a traditional Christmas cake, which is highly popular across Europe and the Americas.
Made of sponge cake, it resembles a Yule log.
Imagination, skills, patience make a cake baker unique: banker Rincy Mary Roy Baking and decorating cakes is one of the hobbies of banker Rincy Mary Roy.
“I have baked varieties of cakes including chocolate, vanilla, plum and others.
What makes a cake baker unique and different is nothing but imagination skills and patience,” she said.
“Of course, the taste created by professional cake bakers is unparalleled and unmatched.
Their baking skills are excellent.
But we are unsure of the ingredients used.
At home, we bake without using preservatives and added colours,” said Rincy,
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