Christmas baking recipes
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Christmas baking recipes
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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Christmas baking recipes
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 recipes
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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Biscuit recipes
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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Quick and easy dessert recipes
Sweet filo triangles with cardamom, clementine and pistachios
Fragrant cardamom, sticky citrus, crunchy nuts and crisp pastry – this beautiful, festive dessert can be put together in the time it takes to bake the filo.
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Bundt cake recipes
Christmas bundt cake
Create a festive showstopper with our Christmas bundt cake. Master the base recipe, but adapt the ingredients to best suit your tastebuds.
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Christmas baking recipes
Mince pie treacle tart
Lola Milne’s sublime yet simple pudding is an amalgamation of treacle tart and mince pie: sticky, spicy, fruity and unashamedly festive.
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Cheesecake recipes
Orange, barberry and sumac cheesecake
Sweet-sour barberries and the tart, lemony flavour of sumac provide an up-to-date twist on the festive flavours of dried fruit and citrus in this cheesecake.
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Christmas baking recipes
Kolach (Ukrainian Christmas bread)
Step aside, panettone: there’s a new festive bake in town. Let Olia Hercules introduce you to kolach, a Ukrainian braided Christmas bread.
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Cookie recipes
Sheet pan cookie with Christmas chocolates
Looking for an easy Christmas dessert with wow factor? Meet our two-step, one-pan sheet cookie with Christmas chocolates.
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Mince pie recipes
Baileys mince pies
Two festive treats in one delicious, pastry-wrapped package: its our Baileys mince pies! Serve these rich pies with creamy Baileys butter.
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Mince pie recipes
Cherry mince pies
These cherry mince pies have the filling-to-pastry ratio just right. Lots of juicy mincemeat encased in golden shortcrust pastry.
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Sharing recipes to feed a crowd
Giant Ferrero Rocher éclair to share
The award for the biggest, best pastry goes to our giant Ferrero Rocher éclair. This showstopper serves 8-10 for an ideal Christmas dessert.
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Baileys recipes
Chocolate Baileys cake
Meet the ultimate bake for Baileys lovers. Our chocolate Baileys cake is layered with white choc sponge, ganache & mascarpone buttercream.
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Christmas cake recipes
Rick Stein’s Christmas cake
Rick Stein's recipes never fail to deliver and his Christmas cake is no exception. Follow Rick's step-by-step recipe for a classic iced cake.
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