Stir-up Sunday recipes
Get ahead with your Christmas baking with some of our wonderfully festive Stir-up Sunday recipes. Falling on the 26th November this year, Stir-up Sunday involves the stirring together of ingredients which will later feature in the iconic Christmas pudding.
If, like us, you relish the tradition of making your own Christmas pudding (or Christmas cake!) rather than buying from the shops, take some inspiration from our Stir-up Sunday recipes.
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Best of the best Christmas pudding
“Love it or hate it, Christmas pudding is THE pudding of the festive season,” says Pollyanna Coupland. “Inspired by my...
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Mulled fig and apple Christmas cake
This lighter take on Christmas cake is packed with fruit, adding dried figs and apples to the classic raisins, sultanas...
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Christmas pudding made with beer
This recipe from food writer Olivia Potts came from her friend Kate’s great-granny. Packed with plump, moist fruit, it’s a...
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Christmas pudding
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shares his recipe for Christmas pudding, the River Cottage way. This zesty pud is packed with citrus and...
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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...
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Mini Dundee cakes
These light, crumbly mini Dundee cakes with burnished hazelnut marzipan crown give the classic Christmas cake a makeover. AÂ lighter,...
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Mince pie recipes
Rum and pineapple mincemeat
This rum and pineapple mincemeat adds a tropical twist to your Christmas baking recipes. The mincemeat gets better with maturing,...
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Dundee cake
A Dundee cake makes a lighter take on the traditional Christmas cake. It’s a less rich, crumblier alternative to the...
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Rum and pineapple Christmas pudding
An irresistible and boozy Christmas pudding. You can make this pudding up to three months in advance. Remember that you’ll...
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Spiced rum butter mincemeat cake
Make our spiced rum butter mincemeat first to fill your mince pies, then use up any leftovers in this rich...
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Spiced rum butter mincemeat
Rum butter is one of our favourite Christmas treats and we’ve come up with a fantastic new way to use...
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Sloe gin ‘figgy’ Christmas pudding
”Oh, bring us some figgy pudding, and bring it right here…” Preferably this sloe gin figgy Christmas pudding by Debbie...
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Suet-free Christmas pudding
This suet-free Christmas pudding recipe provides a light finish to your Christmas lunch. No animal fat makes this a vegetarian-friendly...
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Lighter chocolate Christmas pudding
Debbie Major’s fruity, chocolatey take on traditional Christmas pudding is made with panettone for a lighter result. It’s also made...
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Karen’s Christmas pudding
delicious. magazine editor Karen Barnes reveals the recipe for her mother’s Christmas pudding. We recommend serving it alongside lashings of...
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Gluten-free Christmas pudding
Wheat-free? No problem. In this wonderful gluten-free Christmas pudding recipe, there’s nothing taken out and you’ll find no strange ingredients...
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