Manipal: Cake mixing ushers in Christmas season in Manipal

By Snehalatha, Udupi
Bellevision Media Network

Manipal, 13 December 2011: Welcome Group Graduate School of Hotel Administration along with Fortune Inn Valley View ushers in the Yuletide season in Manipal with cake mixing, an event that is enjoyed by the young and the old. It is a time when families of officials, faculty and friends assemble at the hotel to mix the dry fruits with brandy and rum for the Christmas pudding.

 

 
In the process of mixing it all up, the hunt for tiny little charms --- gold and silver coins --- makes it all the more interesting. With Christmas songs in the background and a nicely decorated tree gives the feeling that it’s festival time again. There was no Santa, but there were gifts for the children.
 
The table with dry fruits looked ever so colourful and when everyone present dug into to mix and search, it was fun. This is a centuries old custom to soak dry fruits in brandy and rum. “The fruits when soaked in alcohol develops a rich and exciting flavour,” said  Vasanthan Sigamany, Associate Professor, Bakery of WGSHA.
 
The principal of WGSHA, Parvadhavardhini Gopalakrishnan and GM of FIVV, Gopi Mohan Nair said it is an event to bring the families together for an event with a difference.  “And, for the students, it is part of their learning process,” they said. The mix will all be put away for a week or so before the pudding is made.