Show-stopping Christmas dessert recipes
Make sure your Christmas guests save room for pudding. They won’t want to miss out on one of these show-stopping Christmas desserts.
These festive puds are all dressed to impress. Choose from fancy layered trifles, leaning towers of profiteroles, yule logs, festive cheesecakes, chocolate meringue wreaths and many more.
If you’re feeling traditional, we’ve even put a showstopper spin on Christmas pudding…
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Pear recipes
Mulled pears, three ways
Transform classic poached pears into a Christmas showstopper, with our beautiful trio of mulled fruits. Choose your favourite or try...
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Show-stopping Christmas dessert recipes
Triple chocolate baubles
Decoration or dessert? These beautiful baubles require patience but they’re fairly easy to make. With a triple-threat of white chocolate...
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Gingerbread ideas for Christmas
Gingerbread s’mores tree
Forget gingerbread houses – this year, it’s all about the gingerbread tree! Break off a few pieces, sandwich one of...
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Show-stopping Christmas dessert recipes
Black forest ‘forest’ trifle
This dramatic dessert embraces the elements of a black forest gateau – cherries, chocolate and kirsch – using layers similar...
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Pannacotta recipes
Coffee and malt biscuit pannacotta
The unlikely ingredient ovaltine adds a malty layer to this rich, coffee and malt biscuit pannacotta. In need of a...
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Trifle recipes
Orange and ginger cake trifle
Orange trifle makes a glorious Christmas dessert. Orange jelly is topped with ginger cake, white choc pannacotta and an unapologetically...
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Bundt cake recipes
Christmas bundt cake
Create a festive showstopper with our Christmas bundt cake. Master the base recipe, but feel free to adapt the recipe...
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Celebrity chef Christmas recipes
Jeremy Lee’s profiterole tower
Jeremy Lee shares his tried-and-true recipe for a classic profiterole tower. Delicate choux puffs are baked until golden, then stuffed...
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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Chocolate coconut meringue wreath
This is one epic dessert for Easter or other special occasions. A chocolate coconut meringue wreath is topped with fruit...
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Trifle recipes
Chocolate and caramel popcorn trifle
Trifle can be an epic undertaking, but this crunchy chocolate and caramel popcorn trifle, despite being made from scratch, only...
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Christmas pudding recipes
Spiced pear and chai pudding
Full of spice and laden with caramel sauce, Georgina Hayden’s sticky pear and chai pud is a welcome twist on...
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Trifle recipes
Sherry trifle with praline and orange custard
Our stunning sherry trifle is topped with orange scented custard, a billowing layer of cream and praline shards. Some crafty...
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Cheesecake recipes
Lindor white chocolate and passion fruit cheesecake
For a truly decadent festive dessert, top our delicious white chocolate cheesecake with passion fruit, toasted coconut and white choc...
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Festive desserts
Baileys yule log
Give yule log a boozy twist with a splash of Baileys. Chocolate roulade is filled with luscious Baileys frosting in...
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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 and makes...
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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, Baileys ganache and...
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