India, Feb. 26 -- With Ramzan underway, professional and home bakers, along with established bakeries, are enticing customers with their best offers on baked items and specially curated Iftar boxes, both for home consumption and distribution. Home bakers bring their own creative flair. Aashi Rizvi, owner of Eat and Treat Bakers, notes a significant change in consumer taste. "The taste of consumers in the city has evolved, especially when it comes to baked items. It's no longer restricted to the original patties and pastries; the shift from last year to this year is visible. The Iftar box we offer includes pizza slices, sandwiches, nut muffins, and small fruit cake jars. For distribution, consumers are opting for customised boxes and picking their choice of items." The fun twist this year? "The demand for bakery boxes along with a small separate biryani or sheermal-kebab box is a new entrant, but Lucknow's love for Mughlai food is no surprise," she adds. Shaifali Bhargava, a professional home baker, observes the trend toward healthier options. "Today's Lucknow, like any other city, believes in healthy eating, so our bakery items have to reflect that. The rozedar (one who fasts), for both home consumption or distribution, checks for sugar-free cakes, muffins, and cookies. I try to make cakes more fulfilling for the day. Dates, fruit jelly, and banana walnut cakes are the best picks. Date cakes in different sizes, including muffins, are completely sugar-free, as are whole wheat flour cakes. The cost for half a kilo of date cake is over Rs.800."...