Must-Try Christmas Cakes for the Season
The sharp chill of the whistling wind. The smell of hot chocolate. Mittens. Fairylights. Cakes. And an intensifying nostalgia for a man in red and white, who climbs down chimneys & rides a sleigh through snowy peaks. Surely you must remember the eternal gift-bringer? Indeed, it’s that time of the year.
The season of cosying up in fleece PJs, putting on the newest Christmas movie and letting yourself get crushed under a weighted blanket. And secretly wishing for a Secret Santa who’s been paying attention to that one ukulele you keep mentioning in every damn conversation. You’re not alone. Christmas brings out the feral, fanatical, present-greedy in all of us.
As cinnamon & pumpkin spice take up seasonal residence on every platter and in every beverage, to be perfectly honest, cakes are the ones we beeline instantly, having entered a Christmas party. Oh, please, there’s no shame in admitting you’re fully capable of giving Rachel & Chandler a run for their money when it comes to fighting over cake in the hallway.
So if you’re looking for the most coveted decadent royalties of the Christmas cake world that get friends fighting each other, folk held in hand, here’s a penny for our Christmas cake ideas :
The Hedonism of Chocolate
Chocolate might be the normie among Christmas flavours, but there’s no outdoing its longstanding reputation as a palate pleaser. Its unwavering fancy deliciousness has kept it in the game, never not featuring among Christmas cake ideas of the era, as it did on the day it was baked for the first time.
A decadent truffle cake, strewn on top with slices of juicy strawberries, has as much of a fanbase as an irresistible chocolate cupcake made adorable with toppings of pretty holly-themed cream.
Chocolate can befriend just about any fruitiness, and if you’ve ever tried to decorate a cake like a professional, you know how beautifully it pairs with vibrant colors and festive designs. Not to mention how casually well it blends with the strong notes of coffee or Oreo.
We’re certain the chocolate Christmas cakes would’ve been the quickest to disappear if The Last Supper ever had one. And well, rightfully so.
The Traditional Fruitvaganza
Not sure if the protocol is the same in every country that celebrates Christmas, but in this one, we welcome The Almighty by fruitcake-spotting on (proverbial) store shelves. Traditionally made by soaking slices of fruit in alco-beverages, the fruitcake arrives with glaze and glamour – much like the charm of exploring creative DIY Christmas gift ideas during the season.
Stuffed with rich nuts, spongy to an extent that the little folk could make a trampoline out of it and tasting of comfort, the fruits and seeds dry cake feels like a divine combination of the sweet, harmonious richness the Christmas fruit cake is popular for.
The Christmas Tree Cake
Did you know the first ever Christmas tree was set up in honour of the religious feast day of Adam and Eve? Except every year we spend a significant portion of the days leading up to Christmas, light-headed and warm, adorning the store-bought fir tree with trinkets of all sorts.
The cakes, of course, aren’t excused. Dotted with red, silver and a touch of sparkles on green rippled icing, the Christmas tree cake, arguably, has the highest number of fans during this time of the year. The flavours are as many as Christmas themes.
What do you mean there’s a Christmas Party and no Christmas Tree Cake ? Pfft.
The Bûche de Noël (Yule Log Cake)
A traditional French cake resembling wooden logs, the Yule Log Christmas Cake dates back to the ancient winter solstice tradition of burning giant logs in the hearth of a home for good luck and prosperity. While it is still followed in parts of countries like France, Belgium and Quebec, this beautiful deliciousness has made inroads into everyone’s hearts on account of its appearance mirroring tree trunks from haunting faraway fairy lands.
While available in flavours ranging from the more common vanilla and butterscotch to fruit and nut fillings, this little Swiss Roll – resembling a devil adorned in powdered sugar- stands out for its ethereal exterior and buttercream-filled interior.
An instant charmer among the legion of Christmas party cakes, the Bûche de Noël is a must on every Christmas table.
Treat or Treats?
While we can’t vouch for you getting a secret Santa gifts for finding presents under your pillow on Christmas morning, what we can vouch for is the success of a Christmas party that has the lights, the lush greenery and the luscious delights of a well-picked Christmas cake.
May you outdo the delicious glory of The Last Supper, on Earth as in Heaven.
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