Christmas celebration is not complete without luscious favours of cakes. As the State capital has dominant population of Christian community, various bakery shops are doing brisk business in the state capital. Varieties of favours of cakes ranging from `250 are available for the customers.
Bakers Boy, Brunch Italino, R Ali and sons, Bakery and cake shop at P P Compound are the most preferred destinations for denizens. The rich aroma wafting out of the bakeries draws in the crowds passing the busy streets.
The customers are placing in huge orders and bakeries have to run round the clock to meet the demands of several customers.
Buyers are spoilt for choices and have all their favourite varieties available in almost all the major bakery shops in the state capital. From black forest cake, rich plum cake, mixed fruit cake to simple sundry cakes, all are available for the people. Apart from this, for the calories conscious, there is sugar free cakes at bakery shops.
Though the rate varies from shop to shop, the charge basically depends on the weight of the cake ordered accordingly by the people. Seeing the demand, most bakeries in the city have tried to experiment with new ingredients, favours and combinations.
“Tastes and preferences are changing constantly, last year too we received order for few special cakes and this year again we have received orders from all sections. However, in Ranchi there is a huge demand for fancy cakes and pan cakes with various themes and designs,” informed Head Chef of Radisson Blu, Ramchandra Oraon.
Similarly, staff of Brunch Italino informed, “The sale of cakes picks up one week prior to Christmas. Though for every occasion we bake different varieties of cakes. But for Christmas we prepare lists of few new varieties and experiment with it. Mostly people prefer cakes with dry fruits while others prefer creamy cakes. Demand for Rum cake has increased among the denizens.”
On the other hand, there are people who prefer baking cakes at their abode. “Christmas is a time when the entire family gathers together and most of my family members prefer home made cakes. Since 2002, I am baking different types of cakes at home,” said, Ranjana Purthy, a home maker.