Watch: The making of Ooty’s special plum cakes

Bakeries in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, take their plum cakes seriously, with a handful of them still following the traditional method of preparing plum cakes

With Christmas fast approaching, plum cakes are making an appearance at bakery shelves.

R Surendran, the head chef at Gem Park Ooty, speaks about the significance of making plum cakes during Christmas.

Every year, Surendran soaks massive quantities of walnuts, cashews, pistachios, and almonds, dry fruits such as dates, prunes, cherries, and blackcurrants in a mixture or rum, brandy, red wine, and whisky for a month ahead of the Christmas season.

He makes 150 kilograms of the cakes, that he ships across India to their regular customers.

The hotel has a yearly mixing ceremony during which its well-wishers are invited to lend a hand in the traditiony.

Visuals: Sathyamoorthy M

Voiceover: Sharmada Venkatasubramanian