Christmas baking recipes
Warming spices, boozy sponges and plenty of sweet, dried fruit – plus some savoury baking ideas too, like our to-die-for cheesy garlic bread wreath.
These Christmas baking ideas span traditional recipes from across the globe.
Take a look through our dedicated Christmas recipes hub too.
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Bun recipes
Nicola Lamb’s French toast cinnamon buns
Behold the squidigiest, most delicious cinnamon buns ever. These French toast buns are bathed in rum custard and drizzled with caramel icing.
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Christmas recipes from around the world
Melomakarona (Greek Christmas biscuits)
 Irini Tzortzoglou shares her recipe for melomakarona, traditional Greek honey and olive oil biscuits usually made at Christmastime.Â
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Chocolate cake recipes
Chocolate, blood orange and hazelnut cake
This terrific chocolate hazelnut cake gets its moistness from whole cooked oranges, and is topped with candied orange peel.
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Mince pie recipes
Clementine and sloe gin mince pies
Clementine zest and sloe gin add a fresh, fruity punch to shop-bought mincemeat in an easy mince pies recipe that tastes 100% homemade.
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Clementine recipes
Clementine, cardamom and ricotta cake
Light and fluffy, rich with ricotta and fragrant with cardamom, this easy clementine cake recipe is a crowdpleaser.
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Christmas baking recipes
Tres leches eggnog cake
This tres leches eggnog cake puts a festive spin on the Mexican milk-soaked cake. The snowy bake is light, fluffy and subtly spiced.
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Doughnut recipes
Honey & Co’s almond drop doughnuts
Honey & Co's doughnuts are a joy to eat: a little squidgy and ultra-light. Ground almonds, lemon zest and cinnamon sugar add flavour.Â
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Baking recipes
Ecclefechan tarts
The Hebridean Baker (aka Coinneach MacLeod), shares his recipe for ecclefechan tarts, a delightful Scottish alternative to mince pies.
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Gingerbread ideas for Christmas
Gingerbread s’mores tree
Break off a few pieces of gingerbread tree, sandwich with toasted marshmallow snowballs and dip in choc for a s’mores-inspired festive bite.
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Christmas biscuits
Mulling-spiced apple biscuits for cheese
Oats, parmesan and apples are given a mulled spice kick to create seriously good biscuits for cheese. Add them to your Christmas cheeseboard.
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Christmas cake recipes
Mulled fig and apple Christmas cake
This lighter take on Christmas cake is packed with fruit, adding figs and apples to the classic mix. Mulled cider brings comforting warmth.
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Patisserie recipes
Manon Lagrève’s mini canelés
Manon Lagrève shares a family recipe for mini canelés. The wonderful batter is flavoured with vanilla and rum, and caramelises during baking.
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Mince pie recipes
Richard Bertinet’s frangipane mince pies
Try Richard Bertinet's frangipane mince pies. Rich mincemeat, almond cream, crisp sweet pastry and a flaky almond top = mince pie perfection.
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Festive desserts
Sweet golden dumplings with ginger sauce
These golden, sweet dumplings are a Christmas favourite in Hungary and Romania. Serve the warm, yeasted buns with a jug of vanilla sauce.
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Christmas baking recipes
Cozonac (Romanian Christmas and Easter bread)
Cozonac is a traditional Romanian bread, served at both Easter and Christmas. Irina Georgescu shares her recipe for cozonac with walnuts.
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Filo pastry recipes
Armenian pakhlava with pomegranate syrup
Armenian pakhlava is similar to baklava. The buttery filo pastries have a sweet pomegranate syrup and are served at festive gatherings.
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