Contrary to popular opinion, many people do like fruit cake and it’s not just the elderly. Fruit cake is one of my favourite cakes, as it is my 14 year old sons! The secret, I think, is to have a really good recipe – try the one in my books, it often converts people that say they don’t like fruit cake!

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I know many of you enjoy using my stainless steel sugarcraft cutters, however if you are a little unsure on the best way to achieve perfect results each time then here are a few tips that you may find useful:

The pastes to use

• Only use modelling paste, pastillage or flower paste to cut out the flowers – you need a firm paste

Learning how to handle sugarpaste/rolled fondant comes with practice, however my practical tips may help shorten your learning curve!

• Knead the sugarpaste until it is soft and pliable – for comments on the

Often Madeira cake is left plain but there are lots of ingredients that you can use to add a different flavour.

For a six egg quantity Madeira, an 20cm (8 inch) round cake, try one of the following

To get nice high sided cakes (you need 3 inches for carving Lindy’s wonky cakes) try wrapping the outside of the cake tin with newspaper (just like you would for a fruit cake). This slows down the cooking of the outside of the cake allowing time for the sides to reach the right height. You may find that