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Christmas baking for kids

Keep your budding chefs entertained with our collection of sweet and savoury bakes. From gingerbread reindeer to glittering meringue Christmas trees, your litter helpers are sure to love these creative Christmas baking ideas.

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Tear your way through this sweet and spicy Christmas bake with abandon
Tear-and-share spiced chocolate Christmas tree
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Keep the kids busy in the kitchen over the holidays by baking a batch of these easy Christmas biscuits. Cut out a range of festive shapes from the spiced orange dough and get creative decorating with pretty coloured icing.
Christmas biscuits
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A super easy twist on classic mince pies, these Christmas pop tarts make the perfect sweet treat to share over the festive season. Made simply with ready rolled pastry and a jar of mincemeat, you can have these little parcels baked and ready in no time.
Mincemeat pop tarts
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Made with sweet fondant icing and delicious desiccated coconut, these cute polar bear cupcakes make the perfect Christmas treats to share with friends and family
Polar bear cupcakes
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Get your kids counting down to Christmas with these warm, doughy snowmen biscuits. From cutting out the rounds for the body to making tiny carrot noses out of orange icing, your budding chefs will love getting stuck in - and tucking in afterwards!
Stacking snowmen biscuits
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Kids will love helping to bake and decorate these gorgeous snowman cupcakes. Perfect for a party and a great festive centrepiece or edible gift, the un-iced cupcakes can even be made a week in advance.
Snowman cupcakes
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Here's a fun baking activity to do with the kids to get you all feeling festive. Try your hand at these cute gingerbread reindeer faces, they make the perfect edible gift for family and friends, or you can hang them on your tree.
Gingerbread reindeer
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These pretty snowball dippers are so easy to make and use just four ingredients
Marshmallow snowball dippers
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Pistachio and marzipan logs
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A super easy idea for an edible Christmas gift, these marzipan logs are delicious and really quick to make, too.
  • Serves 16
  • 10 mins to prepare and 5mins to cook, plus 1hr cooling
  • 215 calories
Chocolate cake
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When it comes to celebrating a special occasion, there is nothing better than tucking into a slice of classic chocolate cake. The ultimate indulgence, a rich, velvety ganache takes this dessert to the next level
  • Serves 8
  • 45 mins
  • 565 calories
Easy apple crumble
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Make the most of your cooking apples and bake them up into a delicious crumble. A classically comforting British bake, it features juicy Bramleys and an oaty topping
  • Serves 4
  • 60 mins
  • 335 calories
Victoria sponge cake
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Named after Queen Victoria, this quintessentially British bake is simplicity at its best; sweet strawberry jam and pillowy soft cream, sandwiched between two light sponge cakes and a dusting of icing sugar
  • Serves 8
  • 45 mins
  • 443 calories
Fruity buttermilk pancakes
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Start the day with these fluffy fruit pancakes. Eggs and buttermilk are whisked into self raising flour, then the batter is sweetened with honey and blueberries. Swap the flour with wholemeal self raising flour for an extra healthy take.
  • Serves 4
  • 15 mins
  • 268 calories
Strawberry cheesecake tarts
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Need something sweet but don’t want to cook? These strawberry cheesecake tarts are the answer. With a crumbly ginger biscuit base, Greek yogurt and soft cheese filling with strawberries and jam on top, these fruity treats are pure indulgence.
  • Serves 4
  • 20mins to prepare, 5mins to cook and 25mins to cool
  • 563 calories
Vegan Victoria sponge
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Victoria sponge gets a vegan makeover. This gorgeous cake contains no eggs or dairy and is filled with vegan vanilla buttercream and strawberry jam. An decadent treat, that is much less indulgent than it seems.
  • Serves 12
  • 65 mins
  • 433 calories
Mulled wine
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There is nothing like arriving at a party and being handed a glass of mulled wine: surely Christmas in a glass. This classic hot drink includes gently heated wine and port of course, but also citrus fruit, and spices including cinnamon and cloves.
  • Serves 6
  • 30 mins
  • 114 calories

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