Christmas cake recipes
Celebrate Christmas with a rich, moist fruitcake. Be it traditional or modern, decorated or not, we've got the recipe for you.
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Classic winter fruitcake
- Ready in 20 mins
This festive icing is easy to use, looks amazing and makes a lighter end to a meal. The perfect centrepiece for Christmas tea
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Easy
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Snow-topped holly cakes
- Ready in 2 hrs 30 mins
This square Christmas cake is cut into two loaf-shaped cakes, so you can give one to a friend
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Easy
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Christmas cupcakes
- Ready in 1 hr 25 mins
These beautiful and classy little cakes make lovely gifts, and kids will enjoy decorating them too
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Easy
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Simple ivy cake
- Ready in 3 hrs 15 mins
This simple yet elegant cake makes the perfect table centrepiece for Christmas
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Easy
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Cranberry pecan & ginger loaf
- Ready in 3 hrs 30 mins
Impress your family with Mary Cadogan’s lighter alternative to the traditional Christmas cake
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Moderately Easy
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Snow-capped fairy cakes
- Ready in 45 mins
Mary Cadogan’s fairy cakes are a treat for the whole family and they really do taste as good as they look
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ratings
Moderately Easy
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Frosty forest cake
- Ready in 4 hrs 15 mins
You can make this Christmas cake right at the last minute. The decorating makes a fun holiday project for the kids
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Moderately Easy
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Shimmering forest cake
- Ready in 30 mins
Get the kids to help create this winter wonderland - just make sure you have enough Smarties to nibble on!
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Easy
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Stacked star cake
- Ready in 40 mins
Turn a plain cake into a stunning centre piece. You need a steady hand so save the sherry for after the tricky balancing act!
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Moderately Easy
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Shooting star celebration cake
By Good Food
- Ready in 3 hrs
For a stunning Christmas centrepiece, this cake is perfect. Get the kids to help out making the stars and celebrate in style
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For The Keen Cook
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Star sparkle cake
By Good Food
- Ready in 30 mins
A super-simple yet effective Christmas cake decoration, especially if you want a modern looking cake
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Easy
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Fig & honey Christmas cake
- Ready in 4 hrs
This traditional Christmas cake is the perfect combination of fruit, nuts and spices
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Moderately Easy
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Hot toddy fruitcake
- Ready in 3 hrs 20 mins
This fabulous Christmas cake can be made and decorated in four very different ways. Just choose your favourite
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ratings
Moderately Easy
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Sherry & almond Christmas cake
- Ready in 3 hrs 30 mins
Packed with almonds, both ground and whole, and fed with raisiny PX sherry, this is intensely fruity - but not overly rich
7
ratings
Easy
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Ginger & orange Christmas cake
- Ready in 53 hrs
This cake doesn't just look good, it tastes amazing too
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Moderately Easy
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Honey saffron Christmas cake
- Ready in 3 hrs
Has all the flavours of Christmas without being too heavy and can be made at the last minute too
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Easy
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Gingery Christmas cake
- Ready in 2 hrs 50 mins
A good glug of ginger wine makes this cake a little different from the norm. It's also lighter than its predecessors, so you can have two pieces!
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Easy
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Orlando Murrin's Deluxe Christmas Cake
- Ready in 3 hrs 15 mins
An 'intergalactically special' Christmas cake enriched with the honey-vanilla-whisky flavours of bourbon - it'll improve with keeping so bake it early
3
ratings
For The Keen Cook
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Simmer-&-stir Christmas cake
- Ready in 3 hrs 45 mins
An easy-to-make alternative to traditional Christmas cakes which requires no beating
48
ratings
Moderately Easy
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Stollen wreath
- Ready in 2 hrs 50 mins
BBC Good Food's show-stealing December 08 cover recipe - perfect if you fancy a change from the usual Christmas cake
10
ratings
Moderately Easy
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Decorative stars
- Ready in 1 hr
Leave the tinsel and bling for the Christmas tree and keep it simple with this tasteful finishing touch to your homemade cake
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Easy
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Easy vanilla marzipan
- Ready in 20 mins
It's worth having a go at making your own marzipan to cover your Christmas cake - and you can experiment with adding different flavours
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Easy
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Zesty orange marzipan
By Good Food
- Ready in 45 mins
Homemade marzipan out does shop-bought every time, if orange isn't your thing try ginger or cinnamon - it's simple too
2
ratings
Easy
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Gingerbread trees
By Good Food
- Ready in 22 mins
Enjoy these golden gingerbread trees - make them to eat on their own, or to decorate your Christmas cake
20
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Easy
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Festive fruit & spice decoration
- Ready in 25 mins
Decorating a simple iced cake with herbs, spices, nuts and fruit works to great effect and is especially easy for beginners to try
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Easy
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Santa's stocking cake
- Ready in 30 mins
This fun and festive cake is popular with kids and adults alike
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Easy
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