The finsihed article!
Now I can relax until a couple of days before the wedding when I shall make the sponge cake for those who do not like fruit cake. Mind you! I have had people come up to me and say that they didn't like fruit cake, but they loved mine! Maybe it had something to do with the amount of alcohol I put in it ;-) !!! Fancy not liking rich fruit cake!
Gorgeous! If I could afford to, I would fly you over next summer to make my daughter's wedding cake!
ReplyDeleteIt's really really gorgeous. Well done! I wish I had that talent.
ReplyDeleteIt's just gorgeous and I'll bet it tastes wonderful. People who don't like fruit cake have only tasted cheap commercial fruitcake that uses coloured peel or in some cases coloured turnip instead of real fruit. Yours looks good enough to eat. Yum!
ReplyDeleteMay the compliments of a thousand people ring in your ears. You deserve to be showered with compliments the cake is beautiful. I did not know there was a recipe for a rich fruit cake without alcohol.
ReplyDeleteBEAUTICIOUS!!! I like the lattice viney work on the sides. Gives a nice subtle texture. And as always your flowers are stupendous. Someday I will get that good in floral sugar art ;)
ReplyDeleteMark, aka Tatman
That is one sensational cake! Like Marie Antoinette said.....!!! Only, this is a GOOD thing!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. I sure wish I had a piece right now. I have never heard of fruit cake for a wedding cake. Does it have the candied fruit in the batter or is there fruit between the layers?
ReplyDeleteHi Linda,
ReplyDeleteWOW this is absolutely super....my compliments to the Chef....would love to be a guest at the wedding to get a taste LOL
Joy
Those flowers look real!
ReplyDeletewow...that looks gorgeous...i'm sure it will be yummy too
ReplyDeleteThank you one and all for your lovely comments. It has taken me many years of practice to get to this standard and all on my own too. I have never had a single lesson! I simply got hold of as many books and magazines as I could and just gave it a go!
ReplyDeleteBTW JB, rich fruit cake in England is made with dried fruit such as sultanas, raisins and currents and candied peal which are all soaked liberrally with alcohol such as brandy, whiskey or rum - whichever I happen to have in my cupboard! LOL
Splendid, your practice certainly made perfect.
ReplyDeleteLinda, the wedding cake is just lovely!! Congratulations on such a beautiful job on the cake!
ReplyDeleteThat is absolutely GORGEOUS! I truly admire your talent. I have taken some cake decorating classes and your work gives me something to aspire to! :)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to eat some!!!
ReplyDeleteKirsty xx
Hi everyone! Thank you for all the wonderful comments!
ReplyDeleteBTW Kirsty is the sister-in-law of the groom that this cake belongs to, so yes, she will get to eat some!!!