19 December,2021 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Nasrin Modak Siddiqi
Marzipan Snowflakes and Fudge Brownies
Self-taught baker Nolencia Periera, inspired by her relatives abroad who'd get her traditional English sweets, has put together an Xmas menu, which includes Marzipan Snowflakes and Fudge Brownies. "When we stir in the Christmas pudding, my little ones and I make a wish every year. It's a labour of love," says Periera.
To order: 9022281213
Price: Rs 100 onwards
Passionate baker Bonnie D'silva started her Parisian style Bonnie's bakery in Mulund in 2012. For Christmas they have Plum Cakes and Marzipan Plum Cake Sandwich, Almond Horns, Chocolate Plum Bars, Cranberry-Apricot Lollipops. You could make a cheery hamper out of these goodies.
To order: @bonnies__bakery, Instagram
Price: Rs 150 onwards
This small-scale family business makes and sells authentic Goan preserved foods, and masalas with the aim of bringing the taste of traditional Goa to households in India. Their holiday festive hamper is a special mix of pastes and pickles, but you can also order the Goan Portuguese Christmas sweet Cocada and classic festive drink Almond Orchata.
To order: 9870055027
Price: Rs 100 onwards
Vidyavihar-based Vidya D'Souza has been passionate about baking since childhood, her love for it evident in her rich Plum Cake. "There are others, but the plum is everyone's favourite," she says. Other Christmas goodies are Milk Cream, Kulkuls, Neureos, and Guava Cheese.
To order: @cocoganache, Instagram
Price: Rs 200 onwards
Chef Shweta Katiyar gets nostalgic this time of year. "Christmas for me will always be about foggy, winter mornings, going to school in âfancy dress' and eating Plum Cake after the Christmas programme," she says. Her menu has the classic Plum Cake (with and without rum), and Gingerbread Tea Cake as well. Her USP is using the best ingredients, "incorporating surprise flavours, yet respecting classics".
To order: @thebluemango.in, Instagram
Price: Rs 150 onwards
Baker Parinaz Dadabhoy Dastoor who is known for her signature Honeycomb Chocolates, Pies and gourmet diabetic-friendly jars has a Christmas menu that would warm the cockles of your heart.
To order: @bakeonthroughdesserts, Instagram
Price: Rs 1,250 onwards
Sharon Gonsalves D'souza's Milk Cream has been a hit in her Mulund parish for 35 years now. She always has her December packed, making some really decadent bar cakes. The boozy fruit cake gets talked about as well.
To order: 9833057263
Price: Rs 550 onwards
Uttan-resident Betsy Allan Gomes has been making Christmas goodies since her college days. Her menu has Rose de Cookies, Date Rolls, Doughnuts and Butter Cookies.
To order: 9967284365
Price: Rs 100 onwards
Goretti Ann makes a great Christmas Rum Fruit Cake with Marzipan, and Jujubes, Candle Sweet, Thali Sweet and Tartlets.
To order: 9082785311
Price: Rs 400 onwards
Ann Dias can make Guava Cheese in 15 minutes, along with other items like Sugared Kulkuls and Coco Rocks, Walnut Fudge and Channa Doce.
To order: 9869173268
Price: Rs 900 onwards
For Aditi Goel, Christmas is all about spending time with loved ones. This year at Pie & Co, you can order the Rum and Spiced Caramel Dry Fruits, Oozy Boozy Dark Chocolate, Whiskey, Apple and Thyme Salted Caramel Cheesecake.
To order: @pieandcomumbai, Instagram
Price: Rs 345 onwards
Known for their smoked meats, Larissa Valladares and Joshua Pereira's Christmas treats are quite a hit too. Their Rum Cake uses Larrissa's mother's recipe. On the menu, you'll find Marzipan, Milk Cream, Nankhatai, Frosted Kulkuls and Fruit Cake with Marzipan.
To order: 9619633881
Price: Rs 550 onwards
For over 20 years, Valerie Bahuguna has been making traditional Christmas and Easter goodies; her rich Xmas cake is full of flavour and punch. "The fruits for the cake are soaked and kept for almost a whole year. The guava cheese has the right bite to it and just the right texture. Most of our sweets are made with minimum sugar. The typical East Indian thali sweet and the Batica - a moist rich coconut cake topped with pistachios and almonds - are popular too," says Bahuguna.
To order: 9821877668
Price: Rs 500 onwards
Sisters Aisha and Shabnam Gomes started off five years ago making sweets just for family. "Over the years our passion for making sweets and baking turned into a full-fledged blooming business. The traditional East Indian and Goan Christmas sweets and our rich plum rum cake are what people keep coming back for."
To order: 9820236168
Price: Rs 250 onwards
Celebrate Christmas the guilt-free way with sweets that are traditional, but healthy and made with medjoul dates, pecans and callebaut cocoa. Megha Phull of Zealo has curated hampers with a mix of goodies in fun and colourful packaging making them perfect gifts for your loved ones.
To order: @zealofoods
Price: Rs 280 onwards
