What Christmas fruitcake is a traditional Indian cake named after a northern Indian city?
Allahabadi cake Allahabadi cake (Hindustani: الہ آبادی کیک , इलाहाबादी केक ) is a traditional Indian rum fruit cake originating and lending its name from the north Indian city of Allahabad. It is a popular Christmas cake with maida, eggs, clarified butter, sugar, petha, marmalade, nuts, ginger and fennel as its main ingredients. Allahabadi cake is prepared for consumption during Christmastide by the Christian population of Hindustan.
Nobin Chandra Das Nobin Chandra Das (1845–1925) was a notable Bengali confectioner, entrepreneur, businessman and Bengali cultural icon of the second half of 19th century and early 20th century. Born and raised in Kolkata at the time of its rise to prominence as the capital of East India Company’s Indian possessions, Nobin Chandra Das’s major contribution to Bengali culture and society was his innovative confectionery which created completely new sweetmeats for the Bengali palate. His creations constitute an important and lasting component of Bengali cuisine today. Widely known as the creator of the iconic Bengali sweetmeat “Rossogolla”/"Rasgulla", a popular limerick of 19th-century Bengal labeled him as the “Columbus of Rossogolla”. His other creations include “Abaar Khaabo”, “Dedo Sondesh” and “Baikuntha Bhog”(both of which use "Kacha Pak" as the base ingredient), the well known “Kastura Pak” which serves as the refined base ingredient for Sandeshes like “Aata (custard apple) Sondesh” and “Kathaal (jackfruit) Sondesh.”