Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
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Chocolate mousse recipes
Banana and hazelnut chocolate pots
You can make these chocolate pots up to 2 days in advance making them perfect for dinner parties. They look sweet and taste even sweeter.
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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Caramelised clementine and almond trifle
Make this ultimate clementine trifle recipe with soft sponge, caramelised clementines, thick custard, cream and an amaretto crunch.
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Bundt cake recipes
Sticky gingerbread bundt cake
A spiced, sticky joy to eat, this very easy bundt cake recipe is flavoured with stem ginger and cinnamon and decorated with icing and pomegranate seeds.
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Festive desserts
Hazelnut meringue cake
This showstopping dessert combines layers of hazelnut meringue and sherry chocolate cream topped with chocolate and toasted hazelnuts.
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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Chocolate and coffee swiss roll
This chocolate and coffee swiss roll recipe has been updated with a generous splash of coffee added in to the cream filling.
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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Swedish almond cake
Swedish almond cake, also known as mandeltårta, is a light, fluffy cake with a creamy custard icing and toasted almonds.
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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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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Spiced fruit, mascarpone and muscat semifreddo
This beautiful, fruit-flecked semifreddo is a scrumptious alternative to traditional Christmas desserts and lighter than Christmas pudding.
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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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Festive desserts
Salted caramel cheesecake with a dark chocolate base
Follow to three wise men to Christmas cheesecake perfection; a dark chocolate digestive base, salted caramel filling and creamy caramel glaze topping
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Festive desserts
Chocolate, marsala and coffee torte with macadamia brittle
This deeply indulgent chocolate and coffee torte recipe makes a decadent dinner party dessert. The addition of marsala adds extra
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Mince pie recipes
Brownie mince pies
Chocolatier Paul A Young's festive hybrid mince pie recipe is a cross between a classic boozy mince pie and a gooey brownie.
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Boozy bakes and adult puds
Matt Tebbutt’s sherry cake
This moist sherry cake recipe has a distinctive treacly taste and is simple to make.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Chocolate, black cherry and vanilla arctic roll
This arctic roll recipe is a great retro pudding. It's quick and easy to make AND you can make it up to two weeks in advance.
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Frozen dessert recipes
No-churn clementine ice cream
An alternative Christmas pud? This is an easy no-churn clementine ice cream recipe made with just four ingredients.
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Christmas baking recipes
Cranberry mincemeat and apple jalousie
Our cranberry, mincemeat and apple jalousie is wonderful Christmas dessert recipe made with fruit, nuts and crisp, golden pastry.
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