Getting the right height for the perfect wedding cake
Asked on 21 Mar 2021 by TillyDonaldson
Dear Lindsay,
I'm making a 3 tier wedding cake using Delia's rich fruit cake. The tins I'm using are round and the following dimensions: 15cm x 7cm, 23cm x 8cm and 30.5cm x 9cm. I'd like each tier to be the full size of each tin but I'm really struggling to get accurate scaling (I've tried at least 5 times) but keep ending up with different results each time as I'm not sure how deep the original recipe starts out at!
Please can you help!
Many thanks
Tilly
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Posted on 14 Feb 2022 by Delia Online Team
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Hello Tilly,
It sounds like you’ve done quite a lot of work on this already.
What amounts of mixture (i.e. the number if eggs) did you try in the tins you have and what are / were the height if the baked cakes?
Kind regards
Lindsey
Hello Lindsay,
The 5 attempts were on the calculations, rather than making the cakes!
The trouble I'm having is that I don't know how deep the cake is in the receipe here: https://www.deliaonline.com/information-centre/scaling-up-cake-recipes so I've got no starting point
Thanks
Tilly
Hello Tilly,
As you are so specific about the heights you want, and I do not have enough test results to guarantee a specific height I’m hesitant about responding to your question!
Bear in mind that a rich fruit cake, when cold can be trimmed down quite easily.
Our 8 inch / 20cm cake made with 4 large eggs is about 3 inches / 7.6cm high.
My best guess for the heights you’re aiming for is this…
30.5 by 9 = 14 large egg mix
23 by 8 = 5 large egg mix
15 by 7 = 3 large egg mix
However, I cannot guarantee the heights, so you may prefer to increase these amounts (and possible need to trim) in order to get exactly what you want. Or go with what I suggest and if any fall short you could do a thicker layer of marzipan and icing!
Kind regards
Lindsey