Rich fruit cake this scaling up is more difficult with cake recipes they cannot simply be doubled or tripled.
Wedding fruit cake recipe 6 inch.
Cream butter or margarine and sugar together in a third bowl.
So using delia s rich fruit cake we have calculated the ingredients list and cooking times for you.
This is one of the best fruit cake recipe i have ever made.
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.
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.
These timings are for a conventional oven and are meant to be a guide only.
However as a general rule square tins hold.
We receive a lot of requests for wedding cakes and christmas cakes of varying sizes.
We would recommend baking this cake in either a deep 6 cake tin or 8 cake tin.
Make sure each cake has plenty of protection around the outside and the top is covered with a double layer of parchment not touching.
Make your own wedding cake with our step by step recipe.
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.
Preheat oven to 140 c 275 f gas 1.
The 9 inch cake is 8 9 cups of batter and the 6 inch cake is 4 cups of batter.
For this recipe.
Sieve the flour mixed spice and nutmeg together in a separate bowl.
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.
Put the raisins sultanas cherries mixed peel chopped almonds ground almonds rind and juice of lemon and orange into a bowl and mix well.
Hi venise this simple homemade wedding cake recipe uses one 9 inch 3 layer cake and one 6 inch 3 layer cake.
Line deep cake tins with a double layer of greaseproof paper.
The great thing about making a fruit cake is that it can be made well in advance of the big day.
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.
It s packed with fruit and it seems the longer you keep it the better it tastes.
2 x 6 inch round cakes.
Cooking times for small christmas cakes.
