The Purple Foodie Bake Sale

• Mumbai-based food blogger Shaheen Peerbhai is holding a day-long bake sale this week. Peerbhai posts a recipe a week on her popular blog The Purple Foodie, and many of the treats seen on the site will be available for purchase at the sale. They include Nutella pinwheel cookies (see image), chocolate cinnamon babkas, chocolate mud cakes, double chocolate chip muffins, lavender shortbread, and vanilla bean and cream poundcake. Prices start at Rs40. Wednesday, December 15, noon to 8pm. The Rotary Centre, Juhu Tara Road, Santa Cruz (West). Tel: 98209 95543.

• The Bombay Baking Company at the JW Marriott is selling Christmas treats, including ginger bread, doughnuts, cookies and cakes until the end of month. They will also cater on order traditional Christmas preparations like roast turkey, roast duck, honey-baked ham, oven-roasted rack of lamb, and crab and pumpkin soup. JW Marriott Hotel, Juhu Tara Road, Juhu. Tel: 6693 3399.

• For Christmas, The Gourmet Shoppe at The Oberoi is offering stollen, gingerbread cookies, Yule logs, chocolate pralines, candied orange, Irish plum pudding, honey glazed ham, marzipan, minced pie and cinnamon tarts. The Gourmet Shoppe, The Oberoi Shopping Arcade, The Oberoi, Nariman Point. Tel: 6632 6245.

• The Four Seasons Hotel will host a Christmas day brunch at both Cafe Prato and The Verandah. The spread will include roast turkey, Brittany oysters, foie gras, herb-crusted pork, and unlimited Louis Roederer champagne. For kids, they’ve organised a Santa and elves party. The brunch is priced at Rs3,000 per person and Rs900 (excluding taxes) for children aged between five and 12. Four Seasons Hotel, 114 Dr. E Moses Road, Worli. Tel:  2481 8005.

• Indigo Deli has a special menu of hors d’oeuvres that you can order a day in advance to cater a party this month. You can choose from bacon and leek tartlets, cheddar quiches, onion chutney paneer tikka, roasted garlic and cream cheese mousse and pulled pork crostini. They’ve also introduced a special pies and quiches take-away menu, which includes three-cheese and pecan pie, Stilton and walnut pie, blue cheese and onion quiche, roasted pumpkin and toffee pie, and lavender and lime cheesecake. First Floor, Palladium, Phoenix Mills, Lower Parel. Tel: 2498 6262. Also at 5, Ground Floor, Pheroze Building, Apollo Bunder, near Gateway of India. Tel: 6655 1010.