Create Your Own Wedding Fruit Cake in Ten Steps

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CREATE YOUR OWN WEDDING FRUIT CAKE IN TEN STEPS Are you aware that fruitcake is not just served during Christmas season? In different regions of the world, the fruitcake is also served during weddings. In such case, a wedding fruit cake is prepared instead of the traditional white wedding cake that’s full of icing. Remarkably, some couples eat the untouched portion of their wedding fruitcake during the first wedding anniversary.

That is not a bad idea at all since a wedding fruit cake can taste better as it ages. Read the ten easy steps in making your own wedding fruitcake: 1. In a large container,combine sultanas, currants, raisins, pecans, grated lemon and peel.

2. The raisins, prunes and apricots must be cut similarly with the cherries and other fruits. Scissors would do a great job.

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3. Add sherry to the mixture.

4. Cover the bowl tightly so the sherry would not evaporate.

The fruits must be soaked in the mixture but not more than 7 days. However, avoid soaking for less than 3 days since this would not produce a good result. It is normal for the fruit to Click here to visit get plump since alcohol is being absorbed. our website for 5. Keep butter and eggs at normal temperature. Use an electric mixer to beat the butter quickly. Add brown sugar to more info. the mixture making sure that there are no lumps in the mixture. Beat the mixture only after butter has been added to it.

6. Just add the eggs one at a time only after each egg is well beaten.

7. The Wedding fruit cake can be quite big and adding all the eggs can cause the mixture to be saturated. In this case, do not consume all the eggs.

8. Its now time to add the soaked fruit, marmalade, golden syrup, glycerin, vanilla essence, chopped toasted almonds, dates, walnuts and almond essence and the egg mixture. Ideally, use your fingertips to break all the fruit lumps.Mix all the ingredients very well.

9. Place the cake into tins in preparation for baking. Bake at 250 F. Baking time depends on the cake’s size, it does take an average of 3 hours. Cool for at least 4 hours.10. You can now place some decoration on the wedding fruit cake such as icing.

Baking your own wedding cake is not that hard yet it is a rewarding task. You can also make some cash baking and selling wedding fruit cake.