Cooking is BAD BAD profession, one does not realise where time flies, cooking transports one to a level where people, money, sorrow, joy, they all just become hazy and one one can thing of is ... aroma, magic, texture, presentation, and to top it all off intoxication.
speaking of intoxication, we are at the time of the year when intoxication is at its all time high, yupp you guessed it right, Chirstmas. with every single cake shop already working on the fruit cake, I too decided to soak my fruits in an ocean full of booze .
what went in .
Almonds
Prunes
Figs
Cranberries
Dates
Walnuts
Cashew
Raisin
Glazed Cherries
tutti-fruity
and then came the spices
Mace
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
All spice
and the Booze
Rum
Whisky
Red wine
Port
Brandy
vodka
well, some people tell me that my cake is a tad bit Boozy, well whats a Christmas without the warmth of spices and the rum filling you up..
The Mixture is soaked.... sealed... and locked away for a month... and will open and get baked ..
Christmas cake baking is addictive, the combined aromas of the spices and even beacon people to come over and just forget the mundane-ity of day to day like, grab a piece... or two.... or maybe three....
and just here soft Christmas carols and slip away into a place call Happiness...
your expression is priceless, Rahul. Its like all your Christmas came together at the same time. :D
ReplyDeleteYai-ness.... hav been baking all day.... and i feel like my house smells like a temple ....
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