Wedding cake - light fruit cake

200 kcal or less dried apricot for a crowd fruit cake glacé cherries glacé cherry indulgent light fruit cake make ahead tier

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Ingredients

2 tbsp orange flower water

zest and juice 1 orange

zest and juice 1 lemon

140g unsalted butter, softened

140g golden caster sugar

2 large eggs, beaten

175g plain flour

100g undyed glacé cherry, halved

100g dried apricot, roughly chopped

100g mixed peel, chopped (we used Sundora)

100g golden sultana

50g shelled pistachio, left whole

50g (3 balls) stem ginger from a jar

Method

Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Grease and double-line the base and sides of a deep, 15cm cake tin. Wrap a double layer of greaseproof or brown paper around the outside of the tin, too, then secure with string.

Using an electric whisk or a tabletop mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy and light. Beat in the eggs gradually. In a small bowl, mix the orange flower water with the zest and juice of the orange and lemon. Fold the flour, then dried fruit, pistachioes and ginger into the creamed mix, followed by the juice and zest mix.

Spoon the mix into the prepared tin and bake for 30 mins, then turn oven down to 150C/ fan 130C/gas 2 and bake for another 1 hr 45 mins until risen, golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool for 15 mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

The cake will keep well wrapped in a cool place for up to 1 month.