If you prefer you can feed the cake with spiced rum sloe gin whisky sherry or madeira.
Wedding fruit cake recipe uk.
Sometimes they have a tendency to become a little dry around the edges and overcooked before the centre is ready.
Especially with large cakes.
Wedding fruitcake was also initially embraced by american colonists.
The great thing about making a fruit cake is that it can be made well in advance of the big day.
Hi lindsay i m making our daughter s wedding cake using delia s rich fruit cake.
My difficulty is that i m unable to find the quantities of ingredients for my size 10 and 12 tins.
Fruit cake recipes have been around for years and the most traditional fruit cake recipe is the wedding fruit cake.
We have traditional 3 tier wedding cakes fruit cakes carrot cakes chocolate sponge cakes red velvet cupcakes and even a beautiful french style croquembouche recipe.
When it comes to serving the cake some royals don t actually serve the cake during the wedding reception.
Need to make a fabulous cake or an array of gorgeous cupcakes for a wedding.
Double line the cake tin with well buttered baking paper to stop the outside of the cake from drying out during the long cooking time.
Makes a great base for a christmas or wedding cake decorate as you like.
Thank you hugely in hopeful anticipation.
Baking a traditional rich fruit cake.
Please can you possibly help me or perhaps point me in the right direction.
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To make matters worse i m dyslexic so hopeless at calculations.
The actual cake was baked in march giving the cake two months to mature and plenty of time to work on the intricate design.
Once the cake is ready and the wedding approaches the top tiers of the cake are actually saved and preserved.
It s easier than you think and the best part is the fruit cake can be stored for weeks before you re ready to cover it with rolled fondant icing and more of your wedding cake decorating ideas a day or so before the wedding day.
Dust a work surface with icing sugar and roll out 500g 1lb 2oz of the marzipan until it is large enough to cover the top and sides of the fruit.
Make your own wedding cake with our step by step recipe.
This moist fruit rich cake is so packed with flavour that you will not notice it has none of the fat of traditional recipes.
For this recipe.
Let the fruit cool completely before making the cake.