Making a 12 inch round version of Delia's rich fruit cake
Asked on 7 Jun 2018 by Chris
I want to make Delia’s rich fruit cake. I have the link that shows the ingrediants at different sizes but it stops at an 11 inch tin and I need to make it in a 12 inch. Can you therefore please give me the ingredients amounts for a round 12 inch tin. I would like to make it this Saturday, 9th June so I be really grateful if you could come back to me before then
Thank you so much
Chris
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Hello Chris,
For a 12 inch round, based on the chart we recommend using a 10 egg recipe.
You can make double of 5 egg recipe on the chart.
When cooking in a fan oven we recommend reducing the given oven temperature by 20 degrees but as this cake is baked on the lowest shelf using conventional heat I would reduce it by 25 degrees if you use a fan setting.
Give it extra layers of protection around the outside and make sure the top is covered with a double layer of parchment (not touching the cake mix).
I would have a peek at 4 ½ hours then every 15 – 30 minutes after that depending on how it’s looking.
Kind regards
Lindsey
Thank you so much for coming back so quickly.
When you say tie additional paper round the outside what type of paper - can it be parchment ?
Also do you have an image of what it should look like with the outside paper and then the paper on top not touching the cake.
This will be the bottom tier of my wedding cake so I need to get it right.
Thanks
Chris
You can use brown parcel wrap or newspaper around the outside.
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Then take a double thickness of baking parchment and cut it so it’s about 12 inch square. Cut out a hole in the middle (about the size if 50p) to allow the steam to escape. Then rest the parchment across top of the brown /newspaper. Sorry I don’t have a picture.
Wonderful - thank you so much
Is there a particular type or make of brandy you recommend ? Also what size eggs medium or large ?
Thanks
Chris
No you can use whatever Brandy or Armagnac you have or buy a small bottle of reasonably priced from a supermarket.
We always use ‘good sized’ large eggs (i.e. 73g with the shell) in Delia’s recipes unless we specify otherwise.
However… for your 10 large egg version you could swap the 10 large eggs for 12 good sized medium eggs.
Best wishes
Lindsey