Christmas baking recipes

Time to get your festive bake on! Whether you're after sweet treats to make with the kids, gorgeous savoury nibbles, easy seasonal bakes or full-on showstoppers, we've got all your Christmas baking needs covered.

Christmas cakes & puddings

Gluten Free Apple Christmas Cake

Gluten-free apple Christmas cake

1 hr 20 mins

My Christmas cake

My Christmas cake

3 hrs 30 mins

Christmas cake

Spiced chocolate & dried fig Christmas cake

prune and armagnac cake

Prune & Armagnac cake

1 hr 30 mins

Apple pepper pot cake

Apple pepper pot cake

1 hr 25 mins

Chocolate and Cherry Brownies

Little cherry and chestnut chocolate brownies

35 mins

Classic Victoria sandwich recipe

Victoria sandwich

Classic Victoria sponge recipe

Queen Victoria sponge

1 hr

st clement's cake

My Nan's St. Clement's cake

50 mins

Epic vegan chocolate cake recipe

Epic vegan chocolate cake

50 mins

Gluten free chocolate cake recipe

Gluten-free chocolate cake

50 mins

jaffa cakes

Jaffa cakes

40 mins

A traybake of chocolate vegan brownie next to a portion on a plate with ice cream

Vegan chocolate brownies

40 mins

Vegan bread and butter pudding

Vegan bread & butter pudding

1 hr

Spotted dick

Classic spotted dick

2 hrs

gluten-free, vegan blondies

Gluten-free blondies

45 mins

Vegan ginger cupcakes

Vegan ginger cupcakes

35 mins

Gluten free apple and almond cupcakes

Gluten-free apple, almond & cardamom cupcakes

30 mins

gluten free chocolate brownies

Gluten-free chocolate brownies

1 hr 20 mins

Flourless chocolate cake recipe

Flourless chocolate cake

1 hr 30 mins

Chocolate & Chestnut Yule Log

Chocolate & chestnut yule log

1 hr 20 mins

Leftover Christmas pudding recipe

Christmas pudding scones

35 mins

Chocolate whoopie pies

Chocolate whoopie pies

35 mins

Hazelnut madeleines with frangelico cream

Hazelnut madeleines with frangelico cream

30 mins

Scrumptious yule log

Scrumptious yule log

45 mins

Panettone bread and butter pudding recipe

Bonkers bread & butter panettone pudding tart

1 hr

Easy chocolate brownies stacked on top of each other

Bloomin' brilliant brownies

40 mins

Arctic roll

Retro arctic roll

40 mins

mincemeat recipe

Mellow mincemeat

15 mins

Queen of puddings recipe

Queen of puddings

1 hr 20 mins

Christmas colchester pudding

Christmas colchester pudding

1 hr 50 mins

Baumkuchen

Baumkuchen

1 hr 20 mins

Italian cake

Panforte

1 hr

Dutch baby pancakes with roasted plums

Dutch baby pancakes with roasted plums

50 mins

Kugelhopf

Kugelhopf

2 hrs

Chocolate clafoutis

Chocolate clafoutis

40 mins

Christmas pies, pastries & tarts

Panettone bread and butter pudding recipe

Bonkers bread & butter panettone pudding tart

1 hr

Chocolate and caramel tart with hazelnuts

Chocolate & caramel tart with hazelnuts

2 hrs 10 mins

Chocolate and Pumpkin Brulee Pie

Chocolate pumpkin brûlée pie

1 hr 45 mins

Buddy's mince pie pinwheels

Buddy's mince pie pinwheels

40 mins

Chocolate torte recipe

Chocolate truffle chestnut torte

1 hr 10 mins

Cranberry bakewell

Cranberry bakewell

1 hr 40 mins

Brioche Mince Pies

Brioche mince pies

1 hr 25 mins

Gluten-free mince pie recipe

Food Allergy Mums’ Christmas mince pies

30 mins

Mince pies

Starry mince pies

40 mins

Gluten free pumpkin pie

Gluten-free pumpkin pie

2 hrs 45 mins

Gluten free mince pies

Gluten-free mince pies

40 mins

Sea salt chocolate tart recipe

Rich chocolate tart with salt flakes

55 mins

Mince Pies

Mince pies

1 hr 25 mins

sour cranberry Bakewell

Sour cranberry Bakewell

1 hr 50 mins

Pecan pie

Bourbon pecan tart

35 mins

Frangipane tart

Almond tart with figs

mince pies

Perfect mince pies

1 hr

hazelnut torte

Hazelnut torte

1 hr

baked Alaska mince pie

Baked Alaska mince pies

1 hr

Christmas savoury bakes

Gluten free veggie pasties

Gluten-free veggie pasties

1 hr 30 mins

Easy stuffed mushroom recipe

Baked mushrooms stuffed with ricotta (Funghi al forno ripieni di ricotta)

35 mins

Cheese & Bacon Pinwheels

Cheese & bacon pinwheels

25 mins

Squash, stilton and walnut

Squash, Stilton & walnut rolls

1 hr 30 mins

Squash, Sage & Chestnut Rolls

Squash, sage & chestnut rolls

1 hr 45 mins

Baked samosa recipe

Baked veggie samosas

2 hrs

Vegan sausage roll

Vegan mushroom rolls

1 hr 20 mins

Vegan mushroom, chestnut and cranberry tart

Vegan mushroom, chestnut & cranberry tart

2 hrs 35 mins

Jamie's turkey, pork & cranberry pie

Jamie’s turkey, pork & cranberry pie

6 hrs 20 mins

Parsnip & Chestnut Tarte Tatin

Parsnip & chestnut tarte tatin

1 hr 20 mins

Christmas Quiche

Christmas quiche

55 mins

Baked egg recipe

Baked eggs – lots of ways

15 mins

Sea bass fillet recipe

Sea bass in puff pastry

1 hr 15 mins

Chestnut, rosemary & pancetta focaccia

Chestnut, rosemary & pancetta focaccia

40 mins

Turkey and leek pie with chestnut and sage and puff pastry topping

Turkey and sweet leek pie

1 hr 45 mins

Christmas potato gratin recipe

The perfect potato gratin

1 hr 20 mins

Baked Pumpkin

The best baked pumpkin

1 hr 30 mins

Christmas sweet breads & doughnuts

Panettone Muffins

Panettone muffins

4 hrs 10 mins

Poppy seed Stollen

Poppy seed Stollen

Hazelnut bread

Saffron & hazelnut wreath

1 hr 30 mins

Hot crumpets with melted butter on top next to block of butter

Classic crumpets

50 mins

Stollen

Stollen

1 hr 20 mins

Christmas couronne

Christmas couronne

1 hr 25 mins

Cranberry, & Cinnamon Swirl Buns

Cranberry & cinnamon swirl buns

1 hr 35 mins

December scones

December scones

55 mins

Sour Cherry Stollen

Sour cherry stollen

1 hr 35 mins

Dairy free apple muffins

Dairy-free apple muffins

35 mins

spiced doughnuts

Spiced doughnuts

1 hr 30 mins

Anything goes Christmas strudel

Anything goes Christmas strudel

1 hr

Christmas cookies & biscuits

White pepper spiced biscuits

White pepper spiced biscuits

Lucky charms

Lucky charms

St Clement’s shortbread

St Clement’s shortbread

45 mins

stained glass biscuits

Stained glass biscuits

1 hr 10 mins

Chocolate Biscotti

Chocolate biscotti

1 hr 35 mins

Florentine recipe

Florentines

40 mins

Amaretti Biscuits (Gluten Free)

Amaretti biscuits

25 mins

Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

Chocolate candy cane cookies

1 hr 10 mins

Oat and fruit cookie recipe

Jools’ easy oaty fruit cookies

25 mins

White Chocolate & Cranberry Cookies

White chocolate & cranberry cookies

35 mins

Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut butter cookies

35 mins

easy gingerbread recipe

Gingerbread people

40 mins

Everything Cookies

Everything cookies

35 mins