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

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It's like something comes over us at Christmas and all we want to do is bake scrumptious homemade treats. You know, Classic Christmas Pudding, Gingerbread Cookies or Apple Crumble, that sort of thing. It's the type of baking that's practically a must-do during the festive period. I mean, where would we be with a delicious-tasting crumble for afters? Yup, exactly. So, if you're looking for some easy, but totally tasty Christmas baking recipes, we've got you well and truly covered!

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Aperol Christmas Cake

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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

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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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Bûche de Noël

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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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Chocolate-Covered Cake Balls

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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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Christmas Blondies

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

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Elf Jumper Poke Cake

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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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Espresso Martini Cake

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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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Gingerbread Cookies

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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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Gluten Free Christmas Pudding

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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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Grinchy Pull-Apart Cupcakes

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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Hob Nob Toffee Apple Crumble

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

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Mince Pie Tiramisu

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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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Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding

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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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Quality Street Cookies

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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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White Chocolate And Raspberry Cake

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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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Red Velvet Cake

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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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Santa's Trash Cookies

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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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Swiss Roll Cake

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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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Tunnocks Salted Caramel Cake

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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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Champagne Cupcakes

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A must make for New Year's Eve.

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FAQs

Is it too late to make a Christmas cake? ›

Of course not! With some people making their Christmas cakes in the early autumnal months, don't panic if you haven't started yours yet! This easy recipe means you still have time. We will be decorating ours to look like a Christmas Pudding.

How long does Christmas cake last with alcohol and icing? ›

Like most rich fruit cakes, it benefits from a maturing period and being fed with some extra alcohol, though in the book it is suggested that the keeping time is 6 weeks and generally we suggest if keeping the cake for longer than this then the cake should be frozen as it will keep for a year.

Can you make a Yule log the day before? ›

Santa's elves may be able to work all day and night to get Christmas ready, but that doesn't mean you need to do the same. The beauty of festive layer cakes, chocolate-coated yule logs, and yes, even the traditional fruit cake, is that they can all be made ahead and decorated or wrapped up whenever you're ready.

How many weeks before Christmas should one make the cake? ›

Some say you should make your Christmas cake 6 weeks before eating, but the advice given on Nigella.com is that 12 weeks before is the optimum time to get baking. Your Christmas cake should be fed every 4 to 6 weeks but in the meantime, after baking, it should be stored away in a secure, air tight container.

Is October too early to make Christmas cake? ›

This is a question I get asked a lot and my answer is early November. Yes this seems early, but there are two key things that make a Christmas cake extra tasty and that is…

What alcohol is good to soak Christmas cake in? ›

You can use whiskey, rum, brandy, amaretto etc but you can honestly just pick your favourite, the cheapest, the nicest, etc… it's entirely up to you. You mix the alcohol into the fruit at the start of making the Christmas cake, and then you use it to feed the cake until you eat it.

Can you bake 2 Christmas cakes at the same time? ›

If you absolutely have to bake two trays at one time (because cake frenzies do happen!), make sure you switch the position of the trays halfway through the cooking time so that they each get the best position in the oven. This will also ensure that both cakes cook evenly.

Does the alcohol cook out of Christmas cake? ›

To start, it's important to note that not all of the alcohol in a cake will completely burn off during the baking process. While some of the alcohol will evaporate as the cake is baked, a small percentage will likely remain.

What is the latest trend in baking? ›

Not Alternative Milks, But Alternative Forms Of Milk

“We're also seeing a growing interest in alternative forms of milk, such as milk powders and sweetened condensed milk. We're seeing condensed milk in buttercreams and cheesecakes, and milk powder being added to cakes, cookies, and brown butter,” says Tamarkin.

What's the difference between a Yule log and a Swiss roll? ›

While both desserts feature a thin layer of cake and fluffy filling rolled into a log, the difference between a yule log and a Swiss roll is how the two are decorated. Swiss rolls are typically kept plain while yule logs are cut, frosted, and adorned to look like, well, logs!

Do Aldi sell Yule logs? ›

Specially Selected Yule Log 435g | ALDI. Favourites.

What is the superstition about the Yule log? ›

It was believed that the larger the log you brought, the better your luck would be the following year. In some English towns, a small wish was made while the Yule log was burning. The belief was that if the log remained burning throughout the night your wish would come true.

Why are Christmas cakes made so early? ›

The reason why they are traditionally baked so early is so the fruit mixture can mature in the tin and be 'fed' with alcohol before it is enjoyed during the festive season. Therefore, the longer you are able to do this, the richer and more delicious it will be.

Is it too late to make a Christmas pudding? ›

Is it too late to make a Christmas pudding? No! It's not too late. Traditional Christmas puddings are made at least 5 weeks before Christmas to develop the rich, deep flavours, and they take hours and hours of soaking and boiling to prepare.

Can you keep a Christmas cake for a year? ›

It's worth noting that the container that you store your Christmas cake in must be airtight as otherwise, the proteins in the ingredients (eggs, butter, nuts…) will become oxidised if exposed to air — which causes rancid odours and flavours. Fruit cakes can generally be stored for up to a year in the freezer.

Why hasn't my Christmas cake risen? ›

Cakes that don't rise properly or have a surface covered in little holes are often the result of not getting the cake into the oven quickly enough; a common mistake that happens because you forgot to turn the oven on before you started, or you get distracted with something else mid-way through mixing.

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