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Stir-up Sunday recipes

Get ahead with your Christmas baking with some of our wonderfully festive Stir-up Sunday recipes. Falling on the 24th November this year, Stir-up Sunday involves the stirring together of ingredients which will later feature in the iconic Christmas pudding.

If, like us, you relish the tradition of making your own Christmas pudding (or Christmas cake!) rather than buying from the shops, take some inspiration from our Stir-up Sunday recipes.

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Best of the best Christmas pudding

Inspired by a family recipe, this Christmas pudding is intensely fruity and deeply spiced – the best figgy pudding you’ll ever make.

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Mulled fig and apple Christmas cake

This lighter take on Christmas cake is packed with fruit, adding figs and apples to the classic mix. Mulled cider brings comforting warmth.

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Christmas pudding made with beer

Packed with plump, moist fruit, this is a fragrant, complex winner, only made better by the addition of dark beer, prunes, figs and dates.

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Christmas pudding

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shares his recipe for Christmas pudding, the River Cottage way. This zesty pud is packed with citrus and apple.

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Rick Stein’s Christmas cake

Rick Stein's recipes never fail to deliver and his Christmas cake is no exception. Follow Rick's step-by-step recipe for a classic iced cake.

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Mini Dundee cakes

These festive, fruit-filled mini Dundee cakes with a burnished marzipan crown make a fantastic alternative to the traditional Christmas cake.

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Rum and pineapple mincemeat

This rum and pineapple mincemeat is extra rich. It gets better with maturing, so make a batch – or two, on Stir Up Sunday.

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Dundee cake

A Dundee cake makes for a less rich, crumblier alternative to the hefty traditional Christmas cake. Why not give it a try?

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Rum and pineapple Christmas pudding

An irresistible and boozy Christmas pudding made with rum and pineapple. You can make this pudding up to three months in advance, too.

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Spiced rum butter mincemeat cake

This rich Christmas cake uses our spiced rum butter mincemeat for extra festive flavour and an even more indulgent twist.

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Spiced rum butter mincemeat

Rum butter is one of our favourite Christmas treats and we've come up with a fantastic new way to use it – in mincemeat! It's spiced, warming and delicious.