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. Equipment and preparation: For this recipe ...

Fold in the flour, ground almonds, cinnamon and mixed spice. Stir in the dried fruit, zest and brandy. Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and bake in the oven for four hours, or until a skewer ...

Back then, newlyweds would save the top layer of their wedding cake so it could be passed out at their first child’s christening. The cake in question was typically a fruit cake—a type of ...