Mumsnet is-it-safe-to-eat jury:rich fruit cake!

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I made a wedding cake a year ago last September and there was an extra layer which I put aside for future use. Now my aunt is having a b'day party and my eye has lit upon it. It has been wrapped (un-iced, un-marzipanned) in double foil with whisky poured on from time to time... some of the foil had actually stuck to the top of the cake (looked horrible tbh, bit black around the edges) but I sliced the whole top layer off and it looks pretty nice actually.

so.... how long does rich fruit cake really keep for...?

I thought it was tradition to keep a layer of your wedding cake to use at your baby's Christening, because that would mean, it would last for ages!!

that was what I was thinking RTL...

yeah it ought to be fine

have kept ordinary fruit cake (not even very rich) for 2 years with success - edges dried out a bit though, should probably have doused it better.
Top tip - use greaseproof paper then double foil - the greaseproof doesn't stick.

It'll be fine. I'd eat it.

Tier from wedding cake in 1989 used at naming day in 1998 - someone asked for the recipe because the cake was so moist and delicious. Might have had something to do with the liberal application of alcohol (using a skewer stuck in the bottom of cake) over the years

how marvellous, thanks all. Will use the cake, just have to decide now whether to admit that it wasn't made specifically for the occasion...