Christmas baking recipes

Make this lighter version of a classic Christmas pudding as an alternative festive dessert. It’s packed with all the same fruits and spices, but swaps suet for butter

Enjoy our vegan version of stollen, a lightly spiced Christmas bake studded with brandy-soaked fruit and layered with a swirl of homemade marzipan

What's a celebration without a trifle? This glam version is full of festive caramel and ginger. Swap the figs for poached pears, if you prefer

These easy cinnamon flavoured Christmas biscuits are great for getting the kids involved in cooking, and they can also be used as edible tree decorations

Combine pillowy focaccia with the spiced fruit flavours of a tea loaf to create this tear & share bake, perfect with a Christmas Day cuppa

Turn a chocolate roulade into Rudy the reindeer! Kids will love helping out making this festive dessert – it's perfect for a Christmas party

Create this stunning gingerbread birdhouse imagined by Samuel Debenham who won our gingerbread house competition. It's the perfect Christmas centrepiece

Get ready for Christmas with this rich and sticky pud laden with fruits, nuts and spices. This slow cooker version takes the stress out of steaming

Looking for a vegan Christmas dessert that's a little lighter than Christmas pud? This orange, cranberry and pistachio pavlova is just the ticket

Wish someone a happy Christmas with some lovingly presented homemade white chocolate & ginger florentines – they're sweet, chewy and irresistible

Love crinkle cookies? Try our extra-festive version for Christmas, with orange zest, mixed spice and cinnamon – and not forgetting the classic fudgy centre

Enjoy a baked cheesecake made with cashews for a vegan take on a classic dessert. With clementines, raspberries and pistachios, it's perfect for Christmas

Give this classic Derbyshire tart a festive twist with orange zest, amaretto and a thick layer of homemade cranberry jam

Make these cute Christmas trees for a festive party. Made with meringue and topped with hundreds and thousands, kids will love helping to make them

Make this Christmas cake a couple of months in advance, if you can, and feed it with rum to give it time to mature and develop deep flavour and texture

Impress dinner guests with our luscious winter-fruit themed pavlova, with light meringue, vanilla cream and gorgeous maple, apple and pecan flavours

Try a modern twist on a traditional Christmas cake with this salted caramel version. Laced with chunks of toffee and dates, plus a crunchy, nutty topping, it’s a real treat

No cooking is required to make these vegan chocolate squares studded with stem ginger, gingernut biscuits and pistachios. Best enjoyed with an afternoon cuppa

Get the kids involved in making these cute elf and Santa cupcakes with our template for the chimney-style paper cases

Bake this festive fruit cake in advance of Christmas and feed it regularly with rum, brandy or whisky to build the flavour and keep it moist

These quick marzipan cookies with a hint of cinnamon can be made in just 25 minutes. Leave them plain or add a few chopped almonds for a crunchy topping

A classic light, spiced Christmas pudding - so simple you don't even need any kitchen scales

Get ahead at Christmas with this showstopping cake boasting white chocolate, cherries and festive spice. You can bake the sponges, meringues and biscuits the day before assembling

Bake a batch of these Christmas tree-shaped biscuits over the holiday season. They're flavoured with green tea and coconut