Plum Cake

One of the most traditional festive recipes in Britain, rich fruitcake has its roots in medieval great cakes stuffed with dried fruit and spice. The same basic recipe was used for Christmas cake and wedding cake, as well as for birthday and christening cakes. At Downton we see the changing face of wedding cakes, with Edith’s a typically late-Victorian affair of three cakes stacked on top of one another, and Mary’s, later in the series, given extra height with porcelain colu