Christmas desserts

Save the best until last with our stunning Christmas dessert recipes. Trifles, pavlovas and flaming Christmas puddings – our Christmas dessert ideas are the perfect sweet treats to round off your Christmas dinner.

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Large, juicy and sweet Medjool dates make this an alternative Christmas pud that never disappoints

Sticky date, ginger and sherry toffee pudding

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This stunning loaf is layered with hazelnut chocolate spread and twisted into a star shape

Uncle John's Bakery's tear and share chocolate bread

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This honey and rye trifle recipe, from cookbook author Zuza Zak, will really please your palate this Christmas with its subtle, sweet flavour.

Honey and rye trifles

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With zesty segments of orange and crushed pistachios this easy Christmas Pavlova is the perfect pud for the big day

Orange, cardamom and pistachio pavlova crown

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This sparkly showstopper will impress everyone on Christmas Day

Sparkly Christmas forest cake

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Melted snowman cake

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Poached pears add a delicate sweetness to this simple homemade Christmas cake

Poached pear caramel drip cake

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French toast with caramel clementines

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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

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

Classic Christmas cake

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Get into the festive spirit by baking a show-stopping classic Christmas cake.

Serves 20
300 mins
406 calories

Mini Christmas pud muffins

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If you're looking for edible gift ideas this festive season, these mini Christmas pudding muffins are just the ticket. The cocoa-flavoured cakes are adorned with white melted chocolate and filled with chocolate chips and raisins. An irresistible gift you won't want to part with.

Serves 12
40 mins
75 calories

Gluten-free quick Christmas cake

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The impressive gluten-free fruitcake is elegant, delicious, and easy to prepare

Serves 16
250 mins
758 calories

Christmas ham

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Give this traditional Christmas ham a go – simmered in bay-infused cider and roasted with a mustard and demerara glaze, it it makes for a magnificent centrepiece

Serves 8
130 mins
350 calories

Classic Christmas roast turkey

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Christmas and roast turkey go together like roast turkey and cranberry stuffing. Orange zest and macadamia nuts bulk out the scratch stuffing in this recipe while our easy-to-follow homemade gravy ensures that your Christmas dinner spread will come together just nicely.

Serves 6
205 mins
833 calories

Kheer (rice pudding)

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Kheer is creamy and unctuous Indian rice pudding flavoured with cardamom and peppered with pistachios and other delicious nuts and seeds. Made with basmati rice, whole milk and sweet condensed milk, it can be served hot or cold.

Serves 6
30 mins
481 calories

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