Dan Lepard's cake is very easy to make with a moist crumb and no need to soak the fruit – it's ideal for wedding cakes or christening cakes. Preheat the oven to 170C/335F/Gas 3 and line a 25cm ...

When making dense fruit cakes such as a Christmas cake, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.

What could go wrong?.. Today Phil Vickery's going to celebrate this natural, sticky, sweet ingredient with a simple (boiled) honey fruit cake.

Celebrate Christmas 2024 with these 5 simple cakes: Fruit Cake, Gingerbread, Eggnog, Yule Log, and Chocolate Peppermint. Each offers festive flavors perfect for the holiday season.

The men and women of the Chelsea Pensioners toasted with VB stubbies and offered three cheers for a time-honoured fruit cake. This rather eccentric tradition – the annual Christmas cake and ale ...