Should I have a fruit cake because it's tradition...... even though I don't like it? Or just have one tier in fruit? (I plan to have a four tier cake)
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CommentAuthorWifey2be
Hey chick .... We are having one layer victoria sponge and one lemon sponge and one lemon sponge! Then having a small grooms cake which will be fruit cake! Very fitting as hubby to be loves fruit cake lol x x
CommentAuthorWifey2be
I think it's good to go for what you want?
Also another bit of advise is if your having a tier caked one on top of each other you have to have the fruit as the bottom tier as it's heavier then sponge! X x
CommentAuthorTerribabylove
Ewwwww, i hate fruit cake, our is gona be a sponge cake, strawberry im hoping, were having no fruit, i know that much, my wedding cake is the only part of my wedding, i dont get to see till the day lol xx
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CommentAuthorMrs van der Lee
Ours is going to be chocolate - cannot stand fruit cake and neither can H2B! xxx
I ment one Victoria sponge one lemon and one chocolate lol x
CommentAuthorHeLz
We're having one tier fruit just cuz it's tradition (none of us like it) then the rest will be sponge :) xxx
CommentAuthorFuture mrs mac
I don't like fruit cake but going to get a small one from a supermarket or the bar one from m&s for the guests that like it x
CommentAuthorsuzky123
we are not having fruit cake as we dont like it. We are habing 2 choc and 1 sponge for those who dont like choc and cupcakes too seperately that are lemon and poppyseed x
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CommentAuthorMrs van der Lee
oooh that sounds lush suzky xx
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CommentAuthorsuzky123
thanks. We asked the venue and they said we could have 2 cakes if we really wanted to so we are having a professionally made one, and then mil is making a seperate cupcake stand with a large giant cupcake on top which she is copying the design from one we saw from the cupcake factory haha! which will go on top of all of the little cup cakes. Just not sure whether to keep them just lemon or not instead of the poppyseed too! They are going in nice little lace cupcake holders and will have ivory roses on them. Well excited
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CommentAuthorOWB
We're not having fruit cake either. Most people we've asked don't seem to like it.
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
ergh!! i hate fruit cake definately will not be a part of my wedding cake! lol x if you dont like it dont have it - some traditions can most definately be skipped over! ;0) x
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CommentAuthorsuzky123
if u want to keep the tradition, maybe have it as a small tier or do a seperate one to put in the freezer for your first borns christening.
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CommentAuthorlinzmum
I HATE fruit cake also, and so don't a lot of our guests so we are hoping for a sponge cake with a small layer of cherry cake as thats my h2bs favourite. h2b however REALLY wants a whisky cake but said he wouldn't be prepared to share that so it will more than likely be my wedding day gift to him lol. we also have a fair amount of guests how don't like cake (or sweet things) at all, so I'm thinking of a small cheese (savoury) cake. Each cake will probably be only 2 maybe 3 tier as we will only have around 50-60 guests
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CommentAuthorclairebare
Thanks. We are thinking about having chocolate baileys dream and vanilla and champagne sponge, but was unsure about keeping the tradition of having fruit cake.
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CommentAuthorJillybean
omg clairebare if you have that cake imm SO gunna gate crash ur wedding! lol
tbh i dint realise fruit cake was a tradition! i was thinking jam and cream sponge or chocolate for ours nom nom! x
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CommentAuthorclairebare
Jillybean I forgot to mention the white chocolate & malibu cream! Yes fruit cake is tradition (I think you are supposed to save a tier for your first childs christening.
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CommentAuthormrsV2013
my h2b suggested having a tier of fruit just for our elder guest as they like tradition but i'm with everyone in saying YUCK fruitcake
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CommentAuthorclairebare
Yeah I'm not a fan of fruit cake but think I may have one tier, (just for tradition) - tipsy fruit cake !!
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CommentAuthorlinzmum
yes often the top tier gets saved for the first childs christening but we had our daughter first lol so no point in doing that :D plus we are having our cake as the dessert so don't really want any left over lol
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
I absolutely hate fruit cake and will not touch it. Also it's not my tradition because I'm not British and h2b (who is British) doesn't mind- he likes fruitcake but not enough to insist on this tradition. :-)
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CommentAuthormym72
You don't have to stick with something just because it's 'tradition'. I love fruit cake but husband doesn't - so we had sponge with cream filling. And none of us wanted the 'traditional' wedding type cake either - so we had a large 'open book' design with our names, the place we got married and the cake toppers on.
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CommentAuthorloustew2012
i dont like fruit cake and i hate marzipan but most of mine and h2b relatives do so were getting the big tier a fruit cake then the others will be carrot cake, chocolate and lemon sponge. xx
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CommentAuthor~feebee~
Nice cake Mym. I absolutely LOVE fruit cake and marzipan and icing. Am having two layers choc cake and one normal plain sponge with jam. H2b and my boys don't like fruit cake, then my friend doesnt like candid peel and I thought I'm going to be the only one eating it at this rate lol ( mmmmm). I'm not having anymore children lol and I also love chocolate cake! I might get an M&S fruit bar like has been said, the cake is for dessert on the night time x
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CommentAuthorStevie_Dee
As mentioned if you are going to have fruit cake it needs to be the bottom layer but if you dont want your largest tier to be fruit cake a good alternative may be to get a kitchen cake made of fruit. Its basically a slab of fruit cake done in the same icing colour as your tiered cake but stays in the kitchen and then after you cut the cake its taken away to be cut they will cut slices of the fruit kitchen cake too for any guests that prefer fruit. Your guests wont notice any difference.
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CommentAuthormrs-anni-oc
the cutting bars from m&s are great,i will put a link on your wall so you can have a look... if you get 1 of these you can have all 3 tiers sponge/chocolate without fruit.
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your page is restricted so the link to the cutting bar is on my wall.
CommentAuthorLiz3yy
Nuts to tradition! LOL we hate fruit cake so are having sponge for our wedding cake
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CommentAuthorcherry82
H2B and I both love fruit cake but i know some of our guests dont. We are having a 3 tier cake but not the kind that sit on top of each other so the largest one will be sponge and the other 2 fruit x
CommentAuthorSkamer
I totally love fruit cake although my h2b doesn't, i like things to match so I did considering forgoing the fruit cake until his mother told me I couldn't have it because his family don't like it, now (as with my engagement ring) I am being extra subborn and we having a teired cake with fruit on the bottom. And as my OH has informed me that when we have children he wants them christened we will have to have the top tier as well My OH fancies the idea of cupcakes, so like Suzky we will probably have a cupcake stand as well.
CommentAuthorKate4
I love fruit cake, and would like 100 tiers of it if I could. But to be fair to our guests (haha) I am going to have four tiers of four different flavours. My friend did this last year with fruit, lemon, chocolate and coffee. I love the idea of carrot cake though so will possibly do sponge, lemon, carrot and fruit. x
CommentAuthorEcoFreak
We're having cheesecake lol! Might get a mini fruit cake to stand the toppers on or something, but neither of us really care tbh Xx
CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Im having a four tier and not one of them will be fruit My last wedding we had one fruit and one sponge and so much of it was wasted because nobody liked it so this time we are having all different flavours (see the thread about showing off your cake) and we are going to use it for our dessert as well as letting guests take some home...........no wasting this time round hehehe
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CommentAuthorA.Bird2b
We're having a 2 tier cake with cake pops on top, The bottom tier will be a fruit cake that will be shared out into boxes for favours (along with our pick n mix station!), then the top tier will be a vanilla sponge and the cake pops will be made to my very special chocolate cherry brownie recipe. As h2b doesn't like fruit cake, and I only like it in small doses and can't have one with nuts we thought it best to not go overboard with fruit cake, but it does keep forever so it is ideal!
CommentAuthorStevie_Dee
Ours is 3 tiers chocolate, lemon and vanilla for approx 52 guests which hopefully will mean lots left over.....but none will be wasted ...have visions already of Steve, me and kids by the pool the day after with a big slab of cake each! Kind of obsessed with food today, and only got light choices mushroom risotto for dinner. :-(
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CommentAuthornik106
In regards to the idea of a fruit cake on the bottom rather than on the top due to weight, it really does depend upon how you are displaying it.
If your cake is using pillars between tiers or just stacked directly on top of each other, then you must put your fruit cake on the bottom as the sponges would not be strong enough to support it. However, if you are using one of those metal stands where you have a ring to place each cake on so the stand is supporting each cake rather than the lower cake, then its entirely upto you which order you do the cakes in.
I have seen a cake fall off a table where a combination of icing not being left to harden long enough and no dowels to support the pillars meant the pillars sank at an angle due to the weight of the top tier, causing the top tier to crash to the floor. Similar would happen if you tried to place a fruit cake on top of a sponge cake using pillars.
CommentAuthorclairebare
I like your cake Mym72 very nice
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CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
we are having one fruit tier ... one carrot cake..... and we havent decided about the final one yet
cheesecake for us, 5 tiers in different flavours..... profiterole fudge frenzy on the bottom, sicilian lemon, strawberries and cream, vanilla with chocolate love hearts and chocolate with triple chocolate flowers :D
CommentAuthorkatie_lou
we're going for 3 tiers - one fruit, one coconut and one madiera. My nan makes a mean cake and can do sugar flowers so i've asked her to make it for us to save us a few pennies!
CommentAuthorSweetchilli
I love fruit cake and h2b hates it so we are having fruit on the bottom and Strawberry jam sponge on top.
CommentAuthorEcoFreak
Blondmumma is that from the "ECC"? That's who we're wanting to have! :) Xx
CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
no fruit cake for us, as I am not British and in France we're defo not fan of fruit cake, and H2B hates it, we're having bottom as madeira cake, then middle tier as chocolate, and top tier just for us to freeze and eat on 1 anniversary is carrot cake
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CommentAuthorAtaraxia
We haven't decided on flavours... We can't even decide what we want to do for a cake!
All we are agreed on is buttons. We want to decorate it with buttons.
Loving the sound of some of these flavours though... Ideally I would love chocolate cake or red velvet cake!
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CommentAuthormrs-anni-oc
ataraxia, if you are having children at your wedding be careful with red velvet cake.. it has been known to send some kids hyperactive due to sensetivity to the colouring x it is a really nice cake tho if no one is likely to be climbing the walls from it x
CommentAuthorUnknown
i was the exact same as you. so we had 3 tiers and one fruit. then chocolate and then vanilla sponge.
but then i never actually ate any of the cake xx
CommentAuthorhello-kitty
i want 3 tiers and none of them will be fruit lol one will be rainbow cake one will be chocolate fudge and one will be white chocolate and champagne :-)
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CommentAuthormummy2Olivia_Lisa
we had two tiers........... the bottom one being the largest was fruit......... the top ws sponge as we only like sponge so we kept the top just for us lol, i think tho if u do choose to have a fruit tier u mite hafta have ur biggest tier fruuit as im sure its too heavy to go ontop of sponge...dont quote me on that tho cuz i could be wrong xxx
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CommentAuthorbridalmiss
I have no idea, mum is making our cake and I think she said she'd do one of the 6(!!) cakes as fruit and the rest sponge to keep me happy - not sure if I dare ask her to flavour the sponges or if it's get what we're given!
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