Christmas baking recipes
Quick and easy desserts
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.
Bundt cakes
Christmas bundt cake
Create a festive showstopper with our Christmas bundt cake. Master the base recipe, then adapt the ingredients to best suit your tastebuds.
Christmas baking
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.
Christmas baking
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.
Mince pies
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.
Mince pies
Cherry mince pies
These cherry mince pies have the filling-to-pastry ratio just right. Lots of juicy mincemeat encased in golden shortcrust pastry.
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.
Baileys
Chocolate Baileys cake
Meet the ultimate bake for Baileys lovers. Our chocolate Baileys cake is layered with white choc sponge, ganache & mascarpone buttercream.
Christmas cakes
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.
Christmas gifts
Cherry mincemeat
Debora Robertson's cherry mincemeat makes a zesty, fruity mince pie filling and is vegan-friendly to boot. Perfect for Christmas food gifts.
Christmas gifts
Stollen muffins
This stollen muffins recipe is an easy twist on a Christmas classic. The festive bakes are packed with citrus peel, fruit and marzipan chunks.
Christmas baking
Savoury babka loaf
Babka's rich brioche dough is a great partner for savoury fillings. Our babka loaf is threaded with truffle pesto, herbs and ricotta.
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