Easy Christmas Baking Recipes From Traditional Cakes To Quirky Re-Makes (2024)

Fruitcake? Sounds a bit old fashioned! It’s anything but – this is the future of Christmas cakes. By using heat, you don’t have to soak the fruit for days, plus cooking the mixture gives it a head-start, cutting down the baking time and making crazy cake tin prep redundant.

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Black forest cake can seem super-intimidating to make—you need to bake cake layers, make a sour cherry syrup, and whip a frosting? But we promise you that in terms of this particular retro dessert, our recipe is as easy as it gets.

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The Bûche de Noël cake is a French Christmas tradition that dates back to the 19th century. The cake represents the yule log that families would burn starting on Christmas Eve. While no one is positive on exactly how the yule log turned into a cake, everyone can agree it's a delicious tradition we NEVER want to end.

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You can use any type of cake for this recipe. Our classic vanilla would be wonderful here. (You can bake it in two 20cm pans instead of a cupcake pan.) But truthfully, we like starting with boxed mix. With the homemade buttercream, chocolate coating, and festive sprinkles, no one will notice or care.

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Loaded with M&Ms, crushed Oreos, and chocolate chips, we could not think of a better way to celebrate Christmas.

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Squidgy ginger cake, silky-smooth Biscoff spread – it’s a Christmas miracle! This takes Christmas baking to a whole new level!

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We love, love, love coffee cake. Coffee gives such a great richness to sponge, and this espresso martini cake is no exception. I mean, adding Kahlua to a sponge mixture, what more could you want?

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Whether or not you actually like gingerbread cookies is kinda irrelevant. You make them every single year because they make people happy. And because they're so damn adorable. We tested this recipe over and over (and over again) until it was perfect.

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Christmas pudding might not be the dessert you make every year, but we are here to suggest you start! Full of dried fruit and nuts and topped with a brandy sauce what's not to love?

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Don't be intimidated. These pull-apart cupcakes are wayyyy easier to make than you'd think. (Just watch the video a couple times 😉).

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Hobnobs are our genius secret weapon to make a fuss-free, lush crumble.

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Every bite tastes like Christmas. This egg-free, quick tiramisu mix is a total winner. Use your fave Xmas booze if you don’t have rum.

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Bread and butter pudding is a quintessentially British dessert. Our version has had a little upgrade for Christmas, swapping bread for panettone and studding the bake with cubes of milk chocolate.

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These cookies would work brilliantly with any selection box of chocs. We recommend keeping the cream-centred chocs, caramels and toffee pennies for tucking inside the cookie dough (otherwise they ooze everywhere and make a bit of a mess).

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Raspberry + white chocolate = one of our FAVE flavour combos, so this White Chocolate And Raspberry Cake is a natural winner. Made with a basic vanilla sponge, the cake is stuffed with raspberries and white chocolate buttercream, delicious, delicious, delicious.

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Everyone should have a good red velvet cake recipe in their back pocket—and this is it. It has a decadent chocolate flavour and the creamiest cream cheese frosting.

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Even Santa has a naughty side. These cookies are loaded with chocolate chips, sprinkles, pretzels and crinkle-cut crisps for the salty-sweet dessert of your dreams.

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Is it the chocolate cake, the marshmallow filling, the ganache, or the insane layer of Swiss Rolls that's making you go insane right now?

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This easy caramel sauce hack makes simple work of a fancy-looking cake. If you’re super-short on time, whisk caramel sauce into pre-made frosting too.

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A must make for New Year's Eve.

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