Put the raisins sultanas cherries mixed peel chopped almonds ground almonds rind and juice of lemon and orange into a bowl and mix well.
Wedding fruit cake recipe 6 inch.
Sieve the flour mixed spice and nutmeg together in a separate bowl.
For this recipe you will need a 15cm 6in 23cm 9in and 30cm 12in round cake tin thin cake boards of respective sizes and 20cm 8in 28cm 11in 35cm 14in thick cake boards.
1 x 6inch round cake and 2 x 4 inch round cakes.
So using delia s rich fruit cake we have calculated the ingredients list and cooking times for you.
For a 12 inch round tin i would do a10 egg recipe for the cooking time take a peek at 5 hours and then check it every 15 20 minutes from then on depending on how it looks but probably needs about 6 hours.
The 9 inch cake is 8 9 cups of batter and the 6 inch cake is 4 cups of batter.
Cream butter or margarine and sugar together in a third bowl.
We receive a lot of requests for wedding cakes and christmas cakes of varying sizes.
Line deep cake tins with a double layer of greaseproof paper.
When baking large cakes 25cm 10 inches and upwards it is advisable to reduce the oven heat to 130 gas.
But it will also make cakes using either of the following sized deep sided cake tins.
Rich fruit cake this scaling up is more difficult with cake recipes they cannot simply be doubled or tripled.
This recipe makes 1 x 8 inch round cake.
If you need to substitute other size cake pans see the cake pan sizes conversions post to determine the appropriate amount of batter you need for your desired cake pans.
Bake for between 3 hours 4 hours happy baking.
The great thing about making a fruit cake is that it can be made well in advance of the big day.
Hi venise this simple homemade wedding cake recipe uses one 9 inch 3 layer cake and one 6 inch 3 layer cake.
These timings are for a conventional oven and are meant to be a guide only.
Wedding cake light fruit cake 19 ratings 4 6 out of 5 star rating this makes the top tier of a three tier wedding cake or make it alone for christenings christmas or whenever you need a good lighter fruit cake.
Make your own wedding cake with our step by step recipe.
For this recipe.
Cooking times for small christmas cakes.
However as a general rule square tins hold.
Preheat oven to 140 c 275 f gas 1.
It s packed with fruit and it seems the longer you keep it the better it tastes.
Quantities sizes for rich fruit cakes to make a formal cake for a birthday wedding or anniversary the following chart will show you the amount of ingredients required to fill the chosen cake tins whether round or square.
This is one of the best fruit cake recipe i have ever made.