Month: December 2018

Selecting New Year Gifts Made Easy

New Year is the day celebrated by everyone across the globe, whatever their caste, creed, faith or religion. It may be that some celebrate it earlier because of their geographical location and time zone but celebrating it is a must where ever they are. It is the day when they bid farewell to the previous year, reflecting what has already transpired and look forward to new beginnings, new resolutions, new goals, new milestones and new celebrations. This day is celebrated on the 1st of January every year and is a day which is awaited with much enthusiasm everywhere.

New Year Gifts

Like all celebrations, it is customary to exchange gifts and the new year is no different. This is the one time of the year when there are a lot of attractive offers on gifts. However to roam from one shop to another looking for the best gift is not always feasible. That is why online gifting solutions are becoming popular. They not only save time and energy but are cost effective too. They also offer a large selection of gifts to suit every budget.

Here we look at some of the popular gifting solutions for your loved ones and clients.

Personalized Engraved Wooden Key Chains

This is an ideal gift for friends and family members. If you want to give it to your clients than you just need your company logo engraved and your keychains will become a gift that will be used by all and you or your company will be remembered too.

Chocolates

This is the one gift where you can never go wrong. Everyone loves chocolate. It can be gifted to anyone and everyone. Whether you gift a chocolate bouquet, a bar, a basket or an accompaniment with another gift, it will be well appreciated.

Wine

A bottle of wine or even champagne is definitely appreciated as a New Year gift. What better way to toast in the New Year other than a bottle of Pinot Grigio or Dom Perignon. In fact, in most places, New Years are always welcomed with a glass of champagne.

Calendar

Since it is the beginning of the year, there is always a demand for calendars. A calendar makes a perfect gift for all. In fact one can get it personalized too with different designs, pictures and photographs depending on who the recipient is/are. Different pictures for each month will mean the recipient will remember you throughout the year.

Engraved Name Plate

A personalized nameplate is a gift that one can give to their loved ones. Depending on who you give it to, nameplates can be used in offices or tagged outside the home as a mark on who is residing there.

Remember whatever you decide to give as new year gifts, remember that the chosen gifts should be meaningful and useful so that the recipients can remember you forever. The time is now right to choose gifts for all your friends, family and clients. Just log on to one of the various online sites and order your New year Gifts before it is too late.

The Right Gift Suffices to Make the Birthday All that More Special

An individual is born only once, on a specific date! Obviously, then, the ‘birthday’ arrives just once a year, prompting the ‘newborn’ to celebrate the occasion with as much gusto as possible! As the newborn’s friend, you are equally eager to select the best possible gift and make the occasion all the more memorable for him/her. The task becomes all the more important if the birthday boy/girl is linked to you in a romantic way. Outlined below are some ideas that should come in handy, when you go online shopping.

Customized Gift Hampers

It is always exciting to receive a mixed bag of presents, rather than one present alone! It is equally exciting to open the gift hamper and dig one’s fingers in, to discover what lies inside! Therefore, you could begin with a super-duper cake, baked by expert bakers. After all, no birthday is complete without this delicious offering on display! The flavor could be anything – pure chocolate, Black Forest, strawberry, chocolate truffle, pineapple – something that delights his/her taste buds to the maximum!
Next, dump in some yummy chocolates, packages of crunchy dry fruits, scrumptious-looking sweets and/or a bouquet of flowers. You are welcome to include as many gifts as you want. Even cute-looking teddy bears are welcome to travel in the basket!

Something for Her Alone

A woman may have several purses/handbags in her cupboard. However, she will never refuse the advent of a new entry! To illustrate, potli bags are quite the in-thing now, especially when she does not want to carry too many things around with her. Beautiful embroidery and attractive looks will send her into a tizzy, specifically if the bag matches a majority of her dresses!

Similarly, sling bags depicting the traditional designs of India and leather purses with superb-looking batik prints are great birthday gift ideas. In actuality, the ‘Her’ collection in any shop covers a wide range of gifts, such as cosmetics, skin care products, apparel, watches, etc.

Something for Him Alone

Now, what would a man want? Something that would enhance his macho looks, of course! Towards this end, there are formal shirts, which award that dignified and enterprising person look when paired with the right pair of pants! Then again, ties in stripes, dots, or other patterns, should prove splendidly ideal too.

Apart from apparel, there are large-sized, typically ‘male’ watches, beautiful leather belts and wallets, stylish sunglasses, heavenly-smelling perfumes, products for facial and body care, etc.

Flowers are Adorable

If your sweetheart is fond of flowers, her birthday is the perfect time for presenting a well-decorated bouquet filled to the brim with fresh-looking and sweet-smelling blooms. The first choice is crimson/deep red/brilliant yellow/innocently white/delicate pink roses. Other selections could be aristocratic lilies, exotic Orchids, lovely carnations, etc.

These are but a few birthday gifts. There are other things too, such as soft toys, personalized items, etc. Note that your romantic partner need not be your regular date alone. Even a housewife/husband may use this occasion to rejuvenate a long-forgotten romance!

Easy Christmas Cake Recipe for Everyone

We all love the season of Christmas. It brings a lot of cheer and joy in the lives of all. There is music, singing, dancing, food and a lot more as planned. We cannot think about Christmas without a Christmas cake.

And this should be homemade cake only as per the traditions. Cakes were always a delicacy in the Christmas season and are still the same. Earlier it was not possible to buy cakes from outside as people believed to bake their own cakes at home with all the love and affection

But now with the hectic schedule, it is not possible for us to bake a cake at home. Therefore, we find the best available online portal to send cake to Mumbai or any part of the country. But today, we would look at the best available recipe for Christmas cake to bake with our own hands and make a great Christmas year for our loved ones.

Ingredients for Dried Fruit Cake

  • Take one kg of dried fruits such as raisin, cherries, figs, sultanas, prunes, currants, cranberries
  • Orange juice and zest
  • Lemon juice and zest
  • 250 grams of softened butter
  • 200 grams of brown sugar
  • 175 grams plain flour
  • 100 grams ground almond
  • Baking powder ½ teaspoon
  • Mixed spice 2 teaspoons
  • Ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon
  • Ground cloves ¼ teaspoon
  • Flaked almonds 100 grams
  • 4 eggs
  • Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
  • Brandy, rum, whiskey, if you wish to add

Once you have all these ingredients collected and ready on the cooking platform, you can start the procedure to prepare the Christmas cake.

Preparation Method

  • Take a pan and set it to medium heat flame. Now add all the dried fruits along with run whiskey, or brandy, and add brown sugar and softened butter. Add the orange and lemon juice along with zest. Now keep on stirring it until it comes down to a boil. Once it is boiled; lower the flame and set it for simmer for about 5 minutes. Once this is done, empty the fruit mixture into a bow and let it cool down for about 30 minutes.
  • Pre heat it at 150 degrees C
  • In the fruit mix add about 175 grams of plain flour, 100 grams of ground almond, ½ teaspoon of baking powder, 2 teaspoons of mixed spices, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon of ground clove, 100 grams of flaked almonds, 4 eggs, and finally 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to be mixed well. This needs to be done with consistency so that there are no pockets of flour in the mixture. Now tip it into the baking tin and let it set in the middle of the over to be baked for about 2 hours.
  • Once the cake is baked, get it out and poke holes into it. Now pour some more alcohol over it pour some more alcohol of your choice. Usually, rum is a great way to make Christmas cakes. Let it cool down so that the alcohol sets well into the cake. The quantity of alcohol is to just get the taste into it and not get the people drunk to the core.
  • Now you can let the cake cool down once you have removed it from the tin. Let it rest for some time in a cling film and then get it out to ice it and decorate as per your wish. You can let the bottom of the cake to dry so that it gives a thick crust feel at the bottom as some people relish over it.

Your Christmas cake is ready to be cut and made merry with all your loved ones visiting your home this Christmas. The same cake can also be sent to Mumbai to your near and dear ones.