Ingredients

Q. Do Waterfields bake their own cakes?
A. All our celebration cakes are baked to perfection at our main bakery and decorated by hand by our skilled team of sugar craft artists.



Q. How is Waterfields rich fruit cake made?
A. Our fruit cake is made to an original 1926 recipe developed by Albert Waterfield snr, the founder of the business, and perfected over three generations. Our fruit cake is still made the traditional way by making a sugar batter, folding in dry ingredients and finally adding whole glace cherries, candied orange & lemon peel, ground almonds and vine fruits that have been soaked in rum overnight. The only deviation from the original recipe is that we no longer add "blackjack", a burnt sugar caramel, so our cake is not as dark as some wedding cakes. The baked cake is wrapped in polythene and left to mature in a cool, dark room before being brushed with rum and coated with marzipan and soft sugar icing.



Q. What is in the plain sponge cake?
A. The cake is made from a Genoese sponge recipe which gives a light and moist eating texture. Each cake contains three layers of sponge, the first layer is sandwiched with a butter cream filling and the second layer is spread with a coating of strawberry jam. The cake is then covered with soft sugar icing.



Q. What is in the chocolate sponge cake?
A. The cake is made from a chocolate Genoese sponge recipe which gives a light and moist eating texture. Each cake contains three layers of chocolate sponge, with two layers of chocolate butter cream filling sandwiched between. The cake is then covered with soft sugar icing.



Q. Are any Waterfields cakes nut free?
A. Waterfields products are not recommended for nut allergy sufferers even if nuts are not added as an ingredient in the recipe. This is because production takes place in an environment where nuts are used, so we cannot guarantee that nut traces would not be present.



Q. Are Waterfields cakes suitable for vegetarians?
A. There are no animal fats in any of our cake recipes but they do contain dairy products.