Tamarind Tree Hotel, Nairobi ushers in the festive season in style with cake mixing ceremony

Tamarind chefs (From Left) Justus-Mulei, Robai Wamoto, Ronald Musee and Reuben Masinde during the cake mixing ceremony. [David Gichuru]]

It might be the worst year in recent history thanks to the raging Covid-19 pandemic, but there are always more reasons to be grateful and forge on. Cake-mixing is a harbinger of good tidings and happiness so to celebrate our resilience and usher in the festive season, Tamarind Tree held a spectacular cake mixing ceremony on November 12, 2020.

Tamarind Tree Hotel Chef, Gabriel Ngugi, leads fellow staff in a cake mixing session. [David Gichuru]

Christmas is no fun without the traditional Christmas cake. To mark the birth of Jesus Christ, swanky hotels organise cake-mixing ceremonies to spread the warmth of the festive season. It is a pickling process, sort of, when the mixed ingredients are allowed to marinate for 40 days before baking can begin. The ingredients include dry fruits and nuts like apricots, raisins, black currants fused with brandy, rum, wine, and whiskey