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Timothy Partridge <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:34:02 GMT
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> Has anyone seen(or eaten) a gf wedding cake?  My lady and I will be
> married in July and it would be great to have the real thing.

In the UK, wedding cake is a very rich fruit cake. My mother has had no
problems making rich fruit cakes, just substituting a GF flour mix for
ordinary flour in the recipe. Cakes with just a little fruit in them can
have problems with the fruit sinking to the bottom (I've even heard of people
resorting to threading the fruit on cotton!). A rich cake is OK though because
there's enough fruit for it to support itself. Try having a word with a baker
- perhaps you could give him some GF flour and he could do a small test cake
for you. Make sure that you emphasise to him that his equipment and tins must
be spotless - you don't want any contamination from ordinary products (including
flour in the air). These cakes often taste better if allowed to mature for a few
weeks, so it could be made well in advance with some time to try again if
disaster strikes. Perhaps home baking might be the safest option for the cake,
and you could have it professionally iced - a gluten reaction is the last thing
you want on your honeymoon.

I hope all goes well

   Tim

P.S. Not all marzipan is gluten free (at least in the UK it isn't).

--
Tim Partridge. Any opinions expressed are mine only and not those of my employer

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