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Looking for the best Christmas cake recipe? Get your festive bake on with this traditional Christmas cake recipe, featuring a rich fruit and nut cake, marzipan layer and snow-effect icing. This makes a fabulous festive centrepiece on Christmas Day or any gathering, or treat yourself to a slice after some Christmas sales shopping! Find out how to bake Christmas cake with our easy-to-follow recipe and cook's tips.
We've given crumble a boozy twist for Christmas by stewing the fruit in a little mulled wine. The crumbly top is flavoured with mixed spice, orange zest and chopped hazelnuts to make it extra-special. Enjoy after your Sunday lunch, or as your Christmas Day dessert.
Food writer Angela Romeo brings her dessert expertise to this seasonal sweet treat, one of her go-to Christmas bakes. She says, ‘This Tuscan favourite, packed with nuts and fragrant with spices and sherry, is suitably indulgent for the festive season. Serve visitors a slice with a short coffee or glass of sherry.’
Kids will love dipping these homemade chicken dippers into katsu sauce. Serve with cucumber sticks on the side for a fun lunch!
This is the perfect make-ahead dinner party dessert – rich and indulgent with simple yet effective finishing touches. The fresh fruit, aromatic rosemary and crunchy topping offset the richness of the mousse, and give a subtle restaurant touch. We think it will get guests' seal of approval!
This twist on classic Christmas pudding is packed full of flavour and loaded with festive ingredients including sherry, ginger and seasonal pears. Make up to 6 weeks in advance to allow the flavours to mature, or freeze for up to 3 months.
Chocolate and beetroot is a classic combo in a cake – the beetroot adds an earthy sweetness that works harmoniously with rich dark chocolate. In this chocolate beetroot cake recipe, we've added a creamy icing and tangy blackberry and beetroot drizzle. This is one special teatime treat!
Turn the nostalgic flavours of jelly and ice cream into a fun bake! These fudgy blondies are studded with fruity jelly and white chocolate with some fresh raspberries to cut through the sweetness. Serve with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream and enjoy those classic retro flavours.
Tinned and frozen fruit make this reduced-sugar crumble more affordable. Enjoy on its own or with cream or ice cream.
Yes, you can create a delicious flapjack in the microwave and it doesn't need to contain butter or oil! This tasty, fruit-packed recipe is ideal for toddlers, suitable for the 12+ months weaning stage*, but kids of all ages will want a square! Ready in just 10 minutes, this is a great speedy snack to add to your weaning recipes.
Celebrate Diwali or Bandi Chhor Divas with Harneet’s family recipe for laddu dates. Made with ground almonds and milk powder, these decadent bites are the ultimate finale to your festive feast. Drizzle with melted chocolate and sprinkle over some chopped pistachios for an extra-special finishing touch.
The classic Irish mudslide gets a makeover with the help of triple chocolate ice cream
This rich and fruity Christmas pudding tastes just as rich and indulgent as the original, yet it’s completely dairy- and egg-free, so suitable for vegans
A Christmas dessert that will seriously impress guests. The mixed berries are 'hiding' a layer of deliciously creamy eggnog panna cotta. Eggnog is traditionally made with booze, but leave it out if you're teetotal – or would prefer.
The base of this gorgeous cheesecake is made from fig rolls, and the jelly topping from citrus, cinnamon and dessert wine: desserts don't get more festive than this.
The warming hug-in-a-sip hot toddy was the inspiration behind these dessert canapé cakes made with honey, lemon and whisky.
For a summer-infused twist on a classic trifle, substitute the sherry for Aperol and add clementines and prosecco. For a refreshing no-alcohol alternative, swap Aperol for fresh clementine juice and prosecco for sparkling white grape juice.
This is the ultimate show-stopper dessert for Christmas. Layers of pain au chocolat, chocolate custard and cherries create a decadent Black Forest spin on this timeless festive pud.
This is tiramisu like you've never known before - ground ginger, crystalised ginger and ginger nuts transform this traditional Italian dessert into a spiced seasonal show-stopper. Serving 12, this needs to be on your Christmas dessert table!
Crispy on the outside, soft in the middle, these lightly spiced gingerbread biscuits are the perfect Christmas baking activity. Top with spiced chai cream cheese frosting and decorate with colourful sprinkles.
A fun twist on the nostalgic Black Forest cake, this almond cake is rich, nutty, and bursting with holiday cheer—guaranteed to steal the show at any Christmas table!
This dreamy pear pudding is ideal for guests on a plant-based or dairy-free diet. Sweet maple syrup, fragrant thyme and festive ginger creates an intriguing, complex combination of flavours, finished off with a dash of luxurious coconut cream. This is too good to save for Christmas!
Looking for easy Christmas dessert ideas? This cosy twist on the classic crumble is ideal for using up festive leftovers and making the most of storecupboard ingredients.
A jar of mincemeat works wonders in this twist on a traditional baklava. We've added mixed spice and orange liqueur to make it even more festive. Wonderful for a party spread or teatime treat after Christmas shopping!
Stollen gives this bread and butter pudding tart a special festive twist for Christmas. You can even freeze leftovers for another time but we doubt you'll have any, it's that good!
A warm steamed pudding is just what your Christmas dessert table needs. Packed with orange and gingerbread spices and drizzled with custard, you'll love this surprising flavour twist.
Make something different this Christmas with cookery writer and food blogger, Zuza Zak's Makowiec – a Polish and Slavic poppy seed cake. Zuza says: "Makowiec is a much-loved cake because you can play around with the filling – some add candied orange peel, others chopped dried apricots. I’ve gone for a simple version – the filling is smooth and easy to work with."
This spectacular yet simple-to-make ice-cream terrine is definitely one for your dessert table this Christmas. A homemade pistachio paste and an easy no-cook olive oil caramel makes this a game changer. This is creamy, luscious and decadent, just as festive desserts should be!
With a spiced pumpkin cheesecake base and a melting s'mores topping, these tasty little bites are perfect for your Halloween party spreads. Or simply bake a batch for a cute teatime treat – you can use butternut squash if pumpkin isn't available.
With light sponges, silky milk chocolate buttercream and glossy dark chocolate ganache, this decadent cake recipe is a chocolate lover's dream