AI am making a rich fruit cake (6 inch round) ready for christmas but was just wondering how deep a rich fruit cake was suppose to be think mine is about 2 1/2inches high wondered if that was normal or if it should be deeper??

6-inch fruit cake is usually around 2 1/2 inches deep

...When making tiered fruitcakes. the smaller cakes begin at 2 1/2 inches, and progress down to the larger cakes which can be 3-4-inches deep. Varying the depth balances the appearance of the tiers.

AThanks for that i did use extra mix to make mine a bit deeper :-) cos i was making 6inches for a few different large families thought if it was deeper it would last longer lol still gotta marzipan them etc.... over the next few wks

I dont have a family recipe tbh i just used this recipe [URL]http://www.deliaonline.com/how-to-cook/baking/scaling-up-cake-recipes.html[/URL] and made some changes i.e. the alcohol i used tia maria instead of brandy, hope that helps :-)

AMy Christmas fruit cakes were about that size this year. They are quite dense and don't have anything in them to make them rise, so they aren't super tall!