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Buckingham-cakes

Classic English Fruit Cake 425g

The original Buckingham® recipe with over 45% fruit. This is where it all started. We've never changed the recipe and it's still our most popular cake. 

FOR TRADE ONLY. NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE.

 

Additional Information

Recipe & flavour

Recipe: Made with pure butter, juicy sultanas, raisins, currants, sumptuous cherries, tangy orange and lemon peel and a pinch of spice. 

Flavour: Deliciously rich, dark, moist and fruity. Proper old-fashioned fruit cake. The essential English cake which perfectly complements a good cup of tea or coffee.

Presentation

Packaged in a beautiful keepsake tin, exclusive to Buckingham, decorated with a specially commissioned design in embossed Victorian style. 130mm diameter and 80mm high.

Send as a Gift

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Shelf Life & Storage

18 months. Ambient. Very resilient to long shipping times and different climates.  Store in a cool, dry place, out of direct sunlight. No need to refrigerate. Do not freeze.

Ingredients

All our cakes are hand-made in small batches and then packaged by hand. We will not compromise on the quality of our ingredients. Our philosophy is "quality not quantity". 

INGREDIENTS: Vine Fruits (41%)(Sultanas, Raisins, Currants), Pasteurised EGG, WHEAT FLOUR (With Added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Butter (MILK, Salt), Brown Sugar, Candied Cherries (5%)(Cherries, Glucose Fructose Syrup, Fruit & Vegetable Concentrate: Carrot, Aronia; Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Black Treacle (Cane Molasses, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup), Mixed Peel (Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Glucose Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Humectant: Glycerine, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate, Mixed Spice (Cassia Cinnamon, Coriander, Ginger, Allspice, Nutmeg, Cloves), Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt. 

No artificial colours or flavours. No palm oil. No alcohol. Made to a nut-free recipe.

Allergens

For Allergens and Cereals containing Gluten see ingredients bold/capitalised. Made in a bakery handling soya, sulphites and other cereals containing gluten.

Nutritional Information

Typical values per 100g 

  • Energy 350 kcal / 1472 kJ
  • Protein 4.0g
  • Fat 10.6g
  • of which Saturates 6.2g
  • Carbohydrate 59.5g
  • of which Sugars 48.2g
  • Fibre 2.2g
  • Salt 0.44g