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.
Wedding fruit cake recipe uk.
This moist fruit rich cake is so packed with flavour that you will not notice it has none of the fat of traditional recipes.
A rich fruit cake does take a while to cook as it needs to be baked at a fairly low temperature.
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.
If you prefer you can feed the cake with spiced rum sloe gin whisky sherry or madeira.
Especially with large cakes.
Let the fruit cool completely before making the cake.
Sometimes they have a tendency to become a little dry around the edges and overcooked before the centre is ready.
Fruit cake recipes have been around for years and the most traditional fruit cake recipe is the wedding fruit cake.
Wedding fruitcake was also initially embraced by american colonists.
Thank you hugely in hopeful anticipation.
Please can you possibly help me or perhaps point me in the right direction.
Make your own wedding cake with our step by step recipe.
A wedding was and is to this day a time of celebration and as such it calls for a cake to match the occasion dodd says.
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.
Makes a great base for a christmas or wedding cake decorate as you like.
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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.
Baking a traditional rich fruit cake.
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.
Need to make a fabulous cake or an array of gorgeous cupcakes for a wedding.
My difficulty is that i m unable to find the quantities of ingredients for my size 10 and 12 tins.
To make matters worse i m dyslexic so hopeless at calculations.