Cake mixture ceremony marks X-max celebrations

Phagwara, December 22

The School of Hotel Management & Tourism at Lovely Professional University (LPU) organised a cake-mixing ceremony at Unihotel lobby on the university campus to welcome the upcoming Christmas festival.

A mammoth Christmas cake was prepared by LPU students at the school to spread the warmth of the festival and new year. Such a traditional cake is considered to be a harbinger of peace, prosperity and happiness across the world. Lighting of the Christmas tree, carol-singing, mirthful dances and solemn addresses marked the celebrations.

The university organised the celebrations to keep up the spirit of a large number of international and national students studying in the LPU. The cake ingredients, included dry fruits like raisins, prunes, dates, cherries, orange, lemon and nuts like cashews, pistachios and almonds. A large quantity of fresh juices and honey were generously added to soak all mixtures. Freshly minced spices were also added and tossed till the fruits and nuts were well coated.

With occasional stirring to ensure the nuts being swollen, the whole preparation was emptied into large container and stored for the Christmas and new year celebrations.

In fact, the initial step towards making the cake is the huge mixing process, which is observed all over the world over as cake-mixing ceremony. The stirring ceremony, which historically dates back to 17th century in Europe, is the part of an age-old Christmas tradition. — OC