Wedding Cake - Recipes - Hairy Bikers

Ingredients

• One 20cm/8in, one 25cm/10in and one 30cm/12in
• 1.4kg / 3lb 2oz plain flour
• 3.2kg / 7lb sultanas
• 1.5kg / 3lb 5oz raisins
• 100g / 3.5oz dates, chopped
• 20g / 1/2oz bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp mixed spice powder
• 600ml / 1 pint 1fl oz barley malt syrup
• 900g / 2lb brown rice syrup, or normal golden syrup
• 20 free-range eggs, beaten
• 750ml / 1.5 pints sunflower oil, plus extra for greasing
• 250g / 9oz carrot, grated
• 2 oranges, zest only
• 3 lemons, zest only
• 100g / 3.5oz dried pineapple, rehydrated in 150ml / 5fl oz cold water, chopped
• 2 tsp cardamom seeds