Photo: David Holifield
Simple elegance wedding cake
21 ingredients
CUTS INTO about 90 slices
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To make a three-tier wedding cake, all you need to do is multiply basic cake mixtures and icings, and take your time
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
176
Calories
2g
Protein
1g
Fat
41g
Carbs
Counts 5 of 9 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Jam | 1 cup (152g) | 49 |
| Strawberry | 1 cup (152g) | 49 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Champagne | not in our table | 0 |
| Icing | not in our table | 0 |
| Cocktail | 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
- 5 x ingredients for Easy vanilla cake (see 'Goes well with' recipe below)
- 5 x ingredients for Basic vanilla buttercream (see recipe below)
- 340g/12oz jar strawberry jam , optional (I used Tiptree Strawberry & Champagne)
- 340g/12oz jar apricot jam , warmed and sieved
- 4kg white ready-to-roll icing (I used Regalice)
- 15cm, 23cm and 30cm thin round cake boards
- 40cm thick round cake board
- cocktail sticks
- palette knife
- a roll of baking parchment
- a flat baking sheet or cake lifter
- icing sugar , for rolling out
- string , for measuring
- 8 x long plastic dowels
- kitchen scissors
- 3.5m x 1.5cm white satin ribbon
- tube of UHU glue , or similar
- 12cm and 15cm polystyrene cake dummies
- 18-gauge floristry wire , cut into about 20 x 10cm lengths
- 15-20 white and pale green hydrangea heads (get some smaller, some larger, if you can); your florist can advise
- 40cm, 30cm and 18cm cake boxes with lids, if you're transporting the cake
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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