Christmas treats
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Christmas baking recipes
Dove biscuits
Decorate the Christmas tree with these spiced dove biscuits flavoured with orange, ginger and cinnamon. They're great as edible gifts too.
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Festive desserts
Coconut pavlova
This light-as-air coconut pavlova makes the perfect refreshing dessert for gatherings -especially when topped with passion fruit juice.
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Christmas leftover recipes
Chocolate and panettone pudding
Leftover panettone? This recipe is a great way to use it up - it's like a super-festive version of bread and butter pudding.
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Christmas baking recipes
Eggnog layer cake
Slice through rum-laced eggnog frosting to reveal a rich chocolatey interior, with more eggnog custard. It's a Christmas cake showstopper!
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Christmas baking recipes
Rum custard tart with gingerbread pastry
A boozy rum custard in a spiced and zesty gingerbread pastry is the adults-only dessert your Christmas dinner party needs.
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Stuffed pigs in blankets
For these extra-special pigs in blankets, wafer-thin pancetta is wrapped around homemade sausage stuffing balls. An easy Christmas side dish.
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Christmas cocktail recipes
Mulled pear cider
This mulled cider recipe made with perry (pear cider) is a fruity, devilishly drinkable alternative to traditional mulled wine at Christmas.
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Christmas cake recipes
Chetna Makan’s saffron and pistachio Christmas cake
Want an alternative Christmas cake? Chetna Makan's recipe is made with saffron and pistachios, soaked dried fruit and beautifully balanced spices.
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February seasonal recipes
Eric Lanlard’s clementine and pomegranate cake (gluten-free)
Eric Lanlard's gluten-free clementine cake is made with ground almonds and steeped in syrup for a seriously moist texture.
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Christmas gift recipes
Spicy gingerbread vodka
Debbie Major's flavoured gingerbread vodka recipe, made with ginger, cinnamon, vanilla and cloves, makes a perfect edible gift to give at Christmastime.
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Christmas baking recipes
Caribbean black cake
This rum-soaked festive fruit cake is popular in the Caribbean at Christmas – every family has its own Caribbean black cake recipe.
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British puddings
Boozy inside-out trifle cake
This inside-out trifle cake recipe is a brilliant twist on the traditional trifle and can be prepared the day before serving.
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Festive desserts
Pistachio and walnut baklava with honey yogurt ice cream
These delicate homemade baklava are a dainty alternative Christmas dessert – finish with a festive dusting of icing sugar.
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Christmas cake recipes
Step-by-step winter wonderland cake
Whether you make your Christmas cake, marzipan and royal icing or buy everything ready made, this easy recipe is all about the decoration.
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December seasonal recipes
Christmas pavlova
This decadent, boozy Christmas pavolva is made with caramelised clementine and pomegranate and is perfect for a festive lunch showstopper.
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