Wedding Fruit Cake

I messed it up terribly.

Wedding fruit cake.

A traditional fruit cake is a great choice for a homemade wedding cake because it keeps well which gives you plenty of time to get the decoration just so. The great thing about making a fruit cake is that it can be made well in advance of the big day. Make your own wedding cake with our step by step recipe. The actual cake was baked in march giving the cake two months to mature and plenty of time to work on the intricate design.

Remove from oven and allow to stand 5 minutes then turn out on wire rack to cool. Fruit cake recipes have been around for years and the most traditional fruit cake recipe is the wedding fruit cake. Turn batter into prepared cake tins filling each about 2 3 full and spreading batter evenly. 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.

Fully customize the type of cake covering icing and floral decorations to make your wedding cake truly yours. Step 3 spoon the mix into the prepared tin and bake for 30 mins then turn oven down to 150c fan 130c gas 2 and bake for another 1 hr 45 mins until risen golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean. Having your wedding cake done by cupplets is like getting a cake and a floral artwork. Blend all of the dry ingredients together in a bowl.

Bake in center of oven. Hibiscus flowers lychees coconut mini pineapple and bananas and tamarillo crown the cake. When it comes to serving the cake some royals don t actually serve the cake during the wedding reception. It s all fruit and no cake.

Honestly the best fruit cake we ve ever made. Once the cake is ready and the wedding approaches the top tiers of the cake are actually saved and preserved. Bake small cake 2 1 2 hours medium cake 3 1 2 hours and large cake 4 to 4 1 2 hours. Had so many compliments.

Fold the flour then dried fruit pistachioes and ginger into the creamed mix followed by the juice and zest mix. For this recipe. I wanted to make 2 cakes so doubled all of the ingredients it s turned out like two stodgy over sweet christmas puddings rather than cake.