Photo: David Holifield
Wedding cake - light fruit cake
13 ingredients
30 min
Serves 24
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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
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1085
Calories
30g
Protein
32g
Fat
176g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pistachio | 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) | 159 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Orange Flower | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Water | 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
- 2 tbsp orange flower water
- zest and juice 1 orange
- zest and juice 1 lemon
- 140g unsalted butter , softened
- 140g golden caster sugar
- 2 large eggs , beaten
- 175g plain flour
- 100g undyed glacé cherries , halved
- 100g dried apricots , roughly chopped
- 100g mixed peel , chopped (we used Sundora)
- 100g golden sultanas
- 50g shelled pistachios , left whole
- 50g (3 balls) stem ginger from a jar
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
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