Christmas cake recipes

Looking for a twist on the traditional Christmas cake. Step forward this chocolate orange cake...

These light, crumbly mini Dundee cakes with burnished hazelnut marzipan crown give the classic Christmas...

This mince pie streusel loaf cake makes an alternative Christmas cake with a hidden surprise...

A Dundee cake makes a lighter take on the traditional Christmas cake. It’s a less...

Dark, moist, very rich with more fruit than cake – it’s the nation’s favourite recipe,...

Celebrated chocolatier Paul A Young has given the gift of chocolate for Christmas with this...

Christmas cakes usually take about three hours to cook, but our quick Christmas cake recipe...

Make our spiced rum butter mincemeat first to fill your mince pies, then use up...

“This cake is on the lighter side, but bursting with boozy soaked fruit (whisky is...

Try a Christmas cake recipe made with wonderful fruits, spices and sherry, from Bettys – the...

Chetna Makan’s alternative Christmas cake recipe, made with saffron and pistachio, is lighter than the...

Mima Sinclair shares her quick and easy royal icing recipe – perfect for icing your...

Shivi Ramoutar’s rum-soaked festive fruit cake is a popular recipe in the Caribbean at Christmas...

This Christmas cake, with sweet masala-soaked figs, cherries, currants and sultanas, is lighter than a...

Mary Berry’s rich traditional Christmas cake recipe is filled to the brim with fruit, as...

Whether you make your Christmas cake, marzipan and royal icing by hand or buy everything...

Combine the warming flavours of sloe gin with walnuts, and all of the spices reminiscent...

Make this traditional recipe from Richard Bertinet a month before Christmas, then feed it once...

A beautiful white Christmas cake recipe, covered in homemade royal icing and marzipan then adorned...

Cooking this Christmas cake recipe early allows you to give it a few more doses...