Christmas baking recipes
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Clementines
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
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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Doughnuts
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.
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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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Christmas gingerbread
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 cakes
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
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 pies
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
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
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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Christmas baking
Romanian mill wheels (chocolate and hazelnut meringues)
Food writer Irina Georgescu shares her recipe for festive Romanian mill wheels - little meringues sandwiched with chocolate cream.
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Orange gugelhupf with cranberries
A majestic, yeasted gugelhupf studded with dried fruit is a festive must-bake in much of Central Europe. Irina Georgescu shares her recipe.
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Christmas baking
Rose petal jam crescents
In Romania, there are many local variations on these jam crescents, a popular festive bake. No Christmas table is complete without them.
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Biscuits
Cocoa and vanilla cookies
Irina Georgescu shares her recipe for Romanian cocoa and vanilla cookies. These swirled biscuits are enjoyed with coffee or cherry liqueur.
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