Whimsy

Its Plum Cake Time!

By geophilips ⋅ December 25, 2006 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Tis the  season to be jolly and all… Hope u fellas are having a good season this Winter.

Me and the roomies cut a plum cake at the stroke of midnight. One of them could only cut it but not partake in the actual consumption, since plum cakes are not eggless. He consoled himself by having an extra kachori.

No, thats not the plum cake we had. That is from some bakery in Greece. We had a smaller, less regal looking one. I always wondered why plum cakes are so expensive. In theory, they are supposed to have wine/rum in them but still. The bakery in our office campus had one on sale for 300 bucks. 300 bucks, for something like 500 gms. And then, they went and cut a couple into 12 teeny weeny pieces and charged 30 bucks for one. People still bought it.

Being the only two Christians in our team, me and John had the moral obligation to get cakes for the rest of the guys. Resisting immense pressure to get the 300 buck one, we got a couple of Mallu style ones from Madivala. The Mallu ones are not that rich and taste more like tea cakes. Plus, they are really sugary. Kerala also has the highest diabetes affliction rate in India. Go figure!

Anyway, have a fun and safe Christmas. A picture of a Yule log, just for the sake of it. I have never had a Yule log.