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Midsummer dream wedding cake
Photo: David Holifield

Midsummer dream wedding cake

76 ingredients 2 hr Makes 1 three-tiered wedding cake openrecipes

A tour de force for the Bake Off final. If it's too much work for you try making the beautiful edible decorations for a simpler cake.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

2142
Calories
50g
Protein
87g
Fat
305g
Carbs

Counts 22 of 28 ingredients — the other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 22 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Pistachio 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) 159
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Mango 1 cup diced (165g) 99
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Pineapple 1 cup chunks (165g) 82
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Raspberry 1 cup (123g) 64
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Syrup not in our table 0
Rhubarb not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Beetroot not in our table 0
Leaf not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 345g/12oz slightly-salted butter
  • 345g/12oz dark muscovado sugar
  • 345g/12oz golden syrup
  • 345g/12oz black treacle
  • 675g/1lb 8oz self-raising flour
  • 3 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 3 tsp mixed spice
  • 4 tbsp ground ginger
  • 3 x 65g free-range eggs
  • 750ml/1lb 10oz milk
  • 400g/14oz rhubarb
  • 180g/6oz light muscovado sugar
  • 150ml/5½oz sunflower oil
  • 2 x 65g free-range eggs
  • 200g/7oz self-raising flour
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 200g/7oz carrots
  • 2 oranges
  • 50g/1¾oz pistachios
  • 50g/1¾oz desiccated coconut
  • 100g/3½oz soft apricots
  • 325g/11½oz slightly-salted butter
  • 325g/11½oz caster sugar
  • 5 x 65g free-range eggs
  • 260g/9½oz self-raising flour
  • 65g/2¼oz ground almonds
  • 2 tbsp hot water
  • 5 lemons, zest
  • 1 pineapple
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 2 beetroots
  • 1 mango
  • 250g/9oz rhubarb
  • icing sugar
  • 5 large free-range eggs
  • 300g/10½oz caster sugar
  • 100ml/3½oz lemon juice
  • 500g/1lb 2oz butter
  • 3 tbsp limoncello
  • 2 tsp lemon
  • 5 lemons
  • 5 large free-range eggs, yolks only
  • 5 lemons
  • 300g/10½oz caster sugar
  • 500g/1lb 2oz butter
  • 3 tbsp limoncello
  • 2 tsp lemon
  • 100g/3½oz icing sugar
  • 400g/14oz cream cheese
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 1 tbsp orange blossom honey
  • 1 orange
  • 1 tsp orange blossom water
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • 150g/5½oz icing sugar
  • 250g/9oz ground almonds
  • 50g/1¾oz ground pistachios
  • 50g/1¾oz icing sugar
  • ½ tbsp pasteurised egg white
  • 30g/1oz ground pistachios
  • 20g/¾oz freeze-dried raspberries
  • 50g/1¾oz icing sugar
  • ½ tbsp pasteurised egg white
  • 1 sheet gold leaf
  • 50g/1¾oz toasted flaked almonds
  • 50g/1¾oz dark chocolate
  • 600g/1lb 5oz fresh raspberries
  • handful of fresh cherriesapricots
  • 5g freeze-dried mango
  • 5g freeze-dried raspberries
  • 10g/¼oz pistachios
  • a few pistachios
  • 30g/1oz crystallised stem ginger

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