Ok am late in posting this, Christmas is over and you all
must have been done with eating fruit cakes for this year. But still I wanted
to post this because this cake has been sitting patiently for an year in my
draft and I kept promising that soon it will get its time of glory before
Christmas. But Christmas came and go and for various reason I was not able to
bake or post a single thing Christmas-y this year. The reason lies in a long
story which isn't so good or so bad either, but this definitely is not the
time to share. Rather let me share
this recipe before my draft folder makes a plan with my laptop and decides to melt away in oblivion.
I made this cake last year with sugar spice and all things
nice and it tasted heavenly (if I could say so myself). Somehow the brandy
soaked fruits and nuts, spices and loads of candied and fresh gingers uplifted
the taste to a different notch. So while I figure out some issues and keep on
dreaming of a slice of this super moist crumbly cake you decide whether you
wanna wait another year for a bite of this.
Beetroot and I have a hate hate relationship and the hating
part solely lies with me. In this matter, no one can blame the beetroot when it
selflessly imparts such gorgeous reddish hue to any dish, even to my not so
appreciating teenage fingers when I used to cut them for my mom. The only dish
that I can fathom with beetroot in it would be the vegetable chop but in
curries???? Forget about it.
What happens when you have a long weekend packed with
shopping, cleaning, cooking, partying with good company and a 12 hours
walk-athon in one of World’s best amusement park pushing a 3 and half years old
kid in stroller? The immediate result could be non existent limbs, so sore that
it almost convinced you that collapsing on the station floor is not that a bad
idea. The fact that they have cranked up heating system to keep you warm in
this chilly season, lures you more to it. Specially when closing your eyes will avoid all curious and non approving gazes of the passers
by. Bless the person who said deal everyday at a time... tomorrow would be a
different day and will deal with what may come.
