Photo: David Holifield
Traditional wedding cake
49 ingredients
1 hr
Serves 100
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Make your own wedding cake with our step-by-step recipe. The great thing about making a fruit cake is that it can be made well in advance of the big day.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
850
Calories
22g
Protein
19g
Fat
147g
Carbs
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Cloves | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Icing | not in our table | 0 |
| Marzipan | 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
- 1.5kg/3lb 5oz ready-to-roll white icing
- pink edible dust
- edible glue
- 150g/5½oz butter
- 90g/3¼oz dark brown sugar
- 60g/2¼oz caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 5 free-range eggs
- 165g/5¾oz currants
- 225g/8oz raisins
- 340g/12½oz sultanas
- ½ orange
- 1 tbsp black treacle
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 185g/6½oz self-raising flour
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 250g/9oz butter
- 150g/5½oz dark brown sugar
- 100g/3½oz caster sugar
- 3 tsp vanilla essence
- 8 free-range eggs
- 275g/9¾oz currants
- 375g/13oz raisins
- 565g/1lb 4oz sultanas
- 1 orange
- 2 tbsp black treacle
- ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 310g/11oz self-raising flour
- ¾ tsp ground cloves
- ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
- 375g/13oz butter
- 225g/8oz dark brown sugar
- 150g/5½oz caster sugar
- 4 tsp vanilla essence
- 12 free-range eggs
- 410g/14½oz currants
- 550g/1lb 4oz raisins
- 850g/1lb 14oz sultanas
- 1½ oranges
- 3 tbsp black treacle
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 450g/1lb self-raising flour
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 x 340g/12oz jar apricot jam
- , for dusting icing sugar
- 3.5kg/7lb 11oz marzipan
- 5.15kg/11lb 6oz ready-to-roll white icing
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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