For Cream Cheese Filling: Cream cheese: 250 gm Sweet berry compote: ½ cup Butter: 2 tbsps Powdered sugar: ½ cup
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Cinnamon: ½ tsp Milk: 1 tbsp
Method
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) - Grease two rectangle cake pans - In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs with an electric mixer for about 1 minute, until slightly thickened - Add flour, cocoa, melted butter, mulled wine and baking powder and beat for another minute, just until the batter is smooth and creamy. Don't overbeat - Pour batter into greased baking pans - Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick poked into the center of the layer comes out clean - Loosen the sides of the cake from the pans using a thin knife, then turn them over on a rack and take out cakes - Let it cool completely and cut off the tops before covering with frosting
Make the filling - Take butter and milk in a microwave-proof bowl - Heat in microwave for 30 seconds, add the berry compote - Pour the mixture in a medium bowl, add sifted powdered sugar, cinnamon and cream cheese and mix with an electric mixer on medium speed until it is creamy - Spread the filling on one cake layer and cover with the other - Spread chocolate frosting on top of the cake or decorate with sifted cocoa powder
(Courtesy: Chef Abdul Wahid, Pastry Chef, The Westin Gurgaon,New Delhi)
Stollen, Yule Logs, Gingerbread Cookies: The Best Christmas Hampers In Town
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We’ve rounded up some of the sweetest deals that you can avail this festive season. Take a look at some of the hampers below if you’re searching for the right present to gift a loved one or colleague.
We’ve rounded up some of the sweetest deals that you can avail this festive season. Take a look at some of the hampers below if you’re searching for the right present to gift a loved one or colleague
Love & Cheesecake’s Christmas menu is loaded with Christmas traditions from around the world. They’ve got German Christmas Stollen, Belgian Chocolate Truffles, traditional Christmas Fruit Cake and marzipan as well as Christmas themed cupcakes. They’ve got three variations of the hamper and it’s ideal to take to a party.
The price starts at Rs 150.
Love & Cheesecake’s Christmas menu is loaded with Christmas traditions from around the world. They’ve got German Christmas Stollen, Belgian Chocolate Truffles, traditional Christmas Fruit Cake and ma..
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Their hampers are all-natural and contain artisanal energy bars, mini energy bites, cereal mixes and ladoos, each handcrafted in small batches. They believe in conscious eating and snacking on natural, preservative-free food.
The hampers begin at Rs. 1100 and vary depending on your customised preferences. Hampers can be delivered anywhere across the country within 2-6 days of placing the order.
Their hampers are all-natural and contain artisanal energy bars, mini energy bites, cereal mixes and ladoos, each handcrafted in small batches. They believe in conscious eating and snacking on natu..
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Foodhall has you covered with a wide variety of delightful festive surprises and goodies, all season long. Each is entirely customisable, and can be filled with delicious options like Plum cake, Christmas cupcakes, mince pies, pecan pies, Nutella babka, traditional gingerbread, stroopwaffels, marzipan and dry fruit stollen, mini matcha madelines, coconut macarons, Palmier hearts and much more.
For the first time, Foodhall is also offering three traditional Xmas log cakes, available for purchase from the pastry. Must try: Stollen!
Foodhall has you covered with a wide variety of delightful festive surprises and goodies, all season long. Each is entirely customisable, and can be filled with delicious options like Plum cake, Chri..
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India has quite a few Christmas local treats thanks to the Catholic communities. This year, Chef Manish Khanna brings to you the traditional and irresistible flavours of marzipan and fondant variants, gingerbread cookies, fruit mince pies, milk cream - a hit with all ages, Goan delight - guava cheese, sugary jubjubs, crumbly coconut cordial tarts, yule logs and more.
The price starts at Rs 400.
India has quite a few Christmas local treats thanks to the Catholic communities. This year, Chef Manish Khanna brings to you the traditional and irresistible flavours of marzipan and fondant variants..
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Handcrafted to perfection by baking icon, Le Corden Bleu + French Culinary Institute NY alumni Chef Aditi Handa, The Baker’s Dozen (TBD) has been at the seat of India’s bread revolution but this Christmas, the bakery is introducing 4 new bakes as part of its winter Christmas collection.
There’s plum cake, gingerbread cookies as well as a sweet bread to help kick of the festive season. “We have used local produce and spices that have been indigenously sourced from across India to deliver the freshest versions of bakes possible, “mentions Aditi, Chief Baker and owner of The Baker’s Dozen.
Handcrafted to perfection by baking icon, Le Corden Bleu + French Culinary Institute NY alumni Chef Aditi Handa, The Baker’s Dozen (TBD) has been at the seat of India’s bread revolution but this Chri..