I am making my cake today......its a fruit cake so its good to make it in advance. then tomorrow I will marzipan it, then wrap it and leave it to set a bit.....then next month I will ice it.....
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CommentAuthorkirstyless
Good luck!!
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Good luck! xx
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good luck hope it all goes ok xx
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
PS I am cheating a bit.......bought 4 of these for £2.50 each. its the same recipe as wedding cake so I thought why not?
Thank you.......My wedding cake....2 tiers, and 24 mini cakes as favours....will have cost under a tenner to make. because I will only need 3 of the cake mixes. then there is the decorations I have bought. not too shabby
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CommentAuthorloustew2012
sounds like a good bargain there!!! good luck and hope it goes well xxx
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good luck, hope it goes to plan! :o)
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good luck raggedy anne! update with photos as you do it :-) xx
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CommentAuthorRachelM100
good luck.........dont blame you for cheating a little saves you on cost x
CommentAuthorSoon2BBlackwell
Good Luck!! It's hardly cheating! You're still putting it all together, icing etc. You've more balls than i have! I made my boys christening cakes and that was too mcuh pressure.
Cant wait to see pics of the finished article! x
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CommentAuthorJoanna
Good luck :) I love that you're making your cake yourself because it makes it more personal :)
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CommentAuthorSammi_with_camera
Good luck, great idea using the cake mixes :-) x
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Good luck, dont forget to post pictures x
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
well its in the oven........it'll be ready to come out at 8.15
I made a little one as a tester aswell...... I know it seems silly to cook it for 4 hours then another one on another day......8 hours cooking time in total....when I could have done both layers at the same time, but I wanted to see if it is ok first before making it all
Greased & lined the cake tins....
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Mixed all th ingredients together
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I never thought all this fruit was going to mix in......but my mixer did a grand job
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and here it is ready to go into the oven.......with the baby one aswell. (the little one wont need 4 hours so I am putting it in for the last hour of cooking time)
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The next layer I make I am also making the small one again, and icing for my friends at work. It will be a mini version of the real cake.
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
For the people that dont like fruit cake, I am also making cupcakes or a seperate sponge cake.......but I am baffled with the flavours.....these are the flavours I love......
If I make a large sponge i will only make one, or I could make cupcakes in all of these flavours? decorated in a vintagey way?
Red Velvet with cheese frosting Plain cake with Buttercream Orange cake with buttercream Carrot cake with cheese frosting
I fancy a 2 tier fruit cake, then some cupcakes by the side...... like this
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CommentAuthorMrscarter2b
well done you, my friend is doing ours as a wedding present, I wouldn't know where to begin xx
CommentAuthorbex
i like the idea of the different flavoured mini cupcakes they sound yummy, good luck x
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CommentAuthorNicsquared
Those vintage cakes are lovely, I think cupcakes would look good with the cake - i'd eat any of the flavours The biggest problem I have with cakes is icing them, definitely not cheating to get mixes!
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CommentAuthorFuture mrs mac
Good luck Think all the different flavours of cupcakes a good idea but if too much plain sponge would prob be best for everyone xx
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Its done, I forgot to put the little one in in time, so its still cooking....
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CommentAuthorsuzky123
I love the design you chose above.
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CommentAuthoralmost a year wife!!
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hey chick!!! dont marzipan it straight away give it about 6 weeks to settle and let it mature a little, soak it every week with 2-3 tblsps of brandy......then marzipan and ice it.....use apricot jam to stick the marziupan on with and vodka to stick the icing to the marzipan as water will eat into the icing....good luck!!! x
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
Thanks chucky......(you dont mind if I call you that I hope.....) I knew about the apricot jam and the marzipan in a few weeks, but I didnt know about using the vodka...... ah well any excuse for a voddas I suppose..... LOL
Thanks for the heads up
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
I have another tier to do aswell, I am trying out the mini one for taste before I make that.
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CommentAuthoralmost a year wife!!
awesome go for it xxxx
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CommentAuthorpanther_87k
looks good! and cupcakes look great either side of the main cake, i'd go with plain sponge just to make things a bit easier on yourself as you have soooo many other diy projects going on. and pretty much everyone will like plain sponge.
A little tip i picked up is to make a slight dip in the centre of the mixture before you put it in the oven as it then ends up with a flat top, rather than the slight dome you normally get. easier to ice and a bit tidier looking in the end then :)
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
Panther I have always done that too, but this time I forgot, but it came out fine.
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CommentAuthorMrsKisywisy
well done, rags!!
i don't like fruit cake, but love the smell. is that a kenwood chef??
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CommentAuthorLynD
ooo... looks yum. How did it turn out.
My xmas cakes are always Delia's recipie (but with more brandy) - I'm fine making the cake but I'm pants at icing it - unless of course you want snow scenes :)...
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
Kisywisy.....yes it is a Kenwood Chef..... I really wanted a Kitchenaid but couldnt afford it.
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CommentAuthorHayley Elizabeth
Well done, this is amazing, i was thinking about making my own too but wasn't sure whether it would be too much xx
CommentAuthoriluvcakes
They look fantastic hun, you are one very talented lady!! I need to get me an electric mixer, making a sponge cake by hand is one thing, but a fruit cake .......!!! x
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CommentAuthorMrsDanks
Well done keep us updated with your progress. xx
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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Well I tried it this morning, cut a tiny bit out of the centre. its a bit dry. And to be honest I dont know if i like it.... and to keep trying again and again with each one taking 4.5 hours to cook, its gonna cost a fortune in electric.
Soooooo, I might change my mind and do a 3 tier sponge.....i KNOW I can make a great sponge cake/
I am thinking of 3 different flavours.....
large tier vanilla with buttercream middle tier red velvet and cream cheese filling top tier carrot cake with cream cheese filling
I also know that any remaining cake WILL get eaten......so thats a bonus I suppose. I will still decoorate it the way I originally planned to.
I also think that if my guests do hang around after the wedding, they can have some more cake.....
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CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
sounds good to me i'm a fan of sponge cake rather than fruit anyway i'm biased though and just don't like fruit cake
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
I like fruit cake, and I bought it cos the mixes were on offer.....and it made it cheaper than making a sponge cake. Oh well. I can use the packets of marzipan, and the icing sugar, the brown sugar and the flour, so it wont really go to waste....its just the fruit wont get used which is a shame.....but maybe put it out for the birds.
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CommentAuthorricky
well done you.xxx the cakes look fabulous. can't wait for the iced version pics xxx
CommentAuthormrsheavey2b
good luck hun hope it all comes of ok 4 ya x looking forwards to the finished this x
CommentAuthorJoanna
Your idea for the 3 tier spongesounds very yummy :) But won't you have to make sponge cake the day before rather than fruitcake which you can make in advance? xxx
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CommentAuthorSazzell23
Can you pour brandy over the tiers and leave it to soak to make it moist?
I'm having a fruit cake, three tiers but the MIL2B has made them a little thin - 2.5" thick for each tier. Well my friend is saying that is too thin - I really dont have a clue if it is or not........ if it is too thin any suggestions for separators or pillars that I can use to make the cake taller but will work with fruit cake? I am a total novice at cake making and dont want to ask the MIL2B as she's getting on my nerves at the mo and if I say the tiers are a bit thin it will make it worse! The tiers are 13", 10" and 7" xxx
CommentAuthoralmost a year wife!!
do u want a recipe rageddey ann? ive got a good'un i did at xmas....... xxxxxxxxxxx
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CommentAuthorNatashaP86
your flavours of sponge sound great. I am going to have different flavour sponges but cant find anyone that makes a decent red velvet which is a shame as my theme is red lol x
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
lilmischuckles....No its OK thanks, I only was making fruit cake because I got the ingrediants cheap. The cake wasnt TOO bad, but I think somewhere along the way....I changed my mind, so when the cake came out a little bit dry, it was easy to say F*** it!
Natasha.....google red velvet cake.....easy peasy to make, I made one at christmas .
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CommentAuthoralmost a year wife!!
i gots a red velvet recipe too!! if u want it lol x
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CommentAuthorNatashaP86
lol all the ones i have tasted just taste wrong if you get what i mean, like too much food colouring and no flavour!! x
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
Now that would be worth having thanks chucky......I would love it.
What do you put on yours? the only thing I really like on it is cream cheese filling....buttercream just doesnt seem to work with red velvet cake.....
@joanna, I intend to make them a month in advance and put them in the freezer, then get them out to ice. the actual sponge freezes very nicely.
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CommentAuthoralmost a year wife!!
righto ill pop it on your wall xxxxxx
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CommentAuthorJoanna
Oh I didn't know you could freeze sponge lol sorry, it was a silly question then. Are you still planning on having cupcakes too?
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