Make your Christmas celebrations special with these indulgent cakes.

Christmas Fruit Cake

Recipe by Rajesh Paramashivan, Pastry Sous Chef, Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach

Ingredients:

• 3 kg unsalted butter
• 3 kg castor sugar
• 4 kg eggs, whole
• 3.8 kg flour refined
• 200 gm black jack
• 7.5 kg sultanas
• 2 kg raisins
• 3 kg mixed peels
• 1.5 kg black currants
• 2000 ml brandy
• 50 gm spice

Method:

• Clean all the fruits and soak them in brandy.
• Cream butter and sugar, add eggs. Add the soaked fruits.
• Put in a baking tray and bake at 150°C for 90 minutes.

Honey Christmas Cake

Recipe by Rajesh Paramashivan, Pastry Sous Chef, Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach

Ingredients:

• 36 eggs
• 3 kg demerara sugar
• 600 gm honey
• 120 ml rum
• 30 gm clove powder
• 40 gm cinnamon powder
• 30 gm ginger powder
• 720 gm chopped chocolate
• 3 kg flour, refined
• 1.5 kg almonds, chopped and roasted
• 600 gm mixed peels
• 30 gm baking powder
• 30 gm baking soda

Method: 

• Heat up honey, sugar and rum for about 40°C. Let it cool. Beat eggs and honey mixture.
• Place all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Add the honey mixture and knead for short time. Portion the batter and bake it for 1 hour at 180°C.

Cinnamon and Almond Cake

Recipe courtesy: Hotel Sahara Star

Ingredients: 

• 465 gm honey
• 225 gm milk
• 375 gm flour
• 9 gm baking powder
• 38 gm almond powder
• 40 gm almond, chopped
• 3 gm salt
• 2 eggs
• 13 gm spice mix
• 40 gm cinnamon powder

Method:

• Take a large bowl and sieve together the flour and baking powder. Keep it aside.
• Heat honey and milk together till the honey dissolves completely. 
• In a bowl, add the eggs. Keep beating the mixture till it is light and frothy. Gradually add the flour and honey-milk to this egg-butter mixture, spoon by spoon, so that no lumps are formed. Keep stirring to attain a smooth mixture. Add chopped almonds, almond powder, cinnamon powder, spice mix, salt and blend well. Allow the batter to rest for 10 minutes.
• Pre-heat an oven to 180 degrees for 15 minutes. Prepare a baking tray by lining it with butter paper. Grease it with oil or butter and dust some flour. Add the batter. Bake at 170°C for 25-30 minutes.