Christmas dessert recipes

Every great Christmas feast deserves a spectacular sweet ending! We've gathered all the best Christmas dessert recipes – from warming classics to new family favourites. Whether you're craving the traditional richness of Christmas pudding, the creamy layers of a retro festive trifle or tiramisù, or beautiful bakes like spiced gingerbread and delicate filled-pastry tarts, you'll find everything you need for an unforgettable sweet spread right here.

For more festive food ideas, visit Jamie's Christmas recipe hub

Christmas Dessert

Traditional Christmas pudding recipes

Christmas pudding

4 hrs 30 mins

Vegan Christmas pudding

6 hrs

Gluten-free Christmas pudding

30 mins

Nut-free Christmas pudding

3 hrs 15 mins

Joyful Christmas pudding

6 hrs

More Christmas puddings

Bread and butter pudding in a bowl with a spoon

Bread & butter pudding

1 hr 30 mins

Christmas crumble

1 hr

Baked cheesecake with fig compote

1 hr

Mulled wine pear pavlova

3 hrs

Christmas colchester pudding

1 hr 50 mins

Classic spotted dick

2 hrs

Queen of puddings

1 hr 20 mins

Banana panettone pudding

Christmas pudding spoons

10 mins

mincemeat palmiers with ice cream and sherry

Mincemeat palmiers with vanilla ice cream and sherry

30 mins

Icelandic rice pudding

50 mins

A pavlova recipe with raspberries, lemon curd and mint, served on a cake stand

Pavlova royale

2 hrs

Chocolate clafoutis

40 mins

Peach cobbler

50 mins

Christmas pies & tarts

Classic mince pies

2 hrs 15 mins

Panettone bread and butter pudding recipe

Bread & butter panettone pudding tart

1 hr

Chocolate pumpkin brûlée pie

1 hr 45 mins

Chocolate and caramel tart with hazelnuts

Chocolate & caramel tart with hazelnuts

2 hrs 10 mins

Pear tart tatin

1 hr 20 mins

Ultimate pumpkin pie

2 hrs 30 mins

Frozen sour cherry & berry pie

1 hr 30 mins

Baked chocolate tart

1 hr

Chocolate clementine torte

50 mins

Brioche mince pies

1 hr 25 mins

Pumpkin pie with pecan crumble

2 hrs 50 mins

Sour cranberry Bakewell

1 hr 50 mins

Bourbon pecan tart

35 mins

Starry mince pies

40 mins

Hazelnut torte

1 hr

Banoffee Alaska

1 hr

Perfect mince pies

1 hr

Chocolate truffle chestnut torte

1 hr 10 mins

Buddy's mince pie pinwheels

40 mins

Baked Alaska mince pies

1 hr

Italian-style bakewell tart

1 hr

Trifle recipes

Retro trifle

30 mins

Black Forest trifle

45 mins

Epic chocolate trifle

2 hrs

Christmas cake trifle

30 mins

Quick individual strawberry and vanilla trifles

20 mins

Dolly’s bramble trifle

30 mins

Mum's sherry trifle

Strawberry trifle traybake

25 mins

Taron's mum's Christmas trifle

1 hr

More chilled desserts

Best tiramisù

30 mins

two tall glasses with christmas pudding, clementines, chocolate on a plate with hazelnuts on top.

DIY Christmas sundae

10 mins

Aperol & grapefruit citrus jellies

20 mins

Winter bombe

20 mins

Tiramisu recipe in the Proper Pie Dish with grated chocolate on top

Tiramisù

40 mins

Retro arctic roll

40 mins

Boozy pears & chocolate

10 mins

Black forest frozen cheesecake

1 hr 30 mins

Mulled wine sorbet

15 mins

Leftovers affogato

5 mins

A tall glass of Christmas pudding and ice cream sundae with a spoon on the right

Jamie's leftover Christmas pudding and ice cream sundae

20 mins

Honey roast fig and amaretto ice cream

Limoncello tiramisù

35 mins

Banoffee sundae

25 mins

Epic ice cream cake

1 hr 10 mins

Ice-cream sandwiches

50 mins

Clementine jelly

10 mins

Christmas cake & bread recipes

My Christmas cake

3 hrs 30 mins

Scrumptious yule log

45 mins

Prune & Armagnac cake

1 hr 30 mins

Spiced doughnuts

1 hr 30 mins

My Nan's St. Clement's cake

50 mins

Griddle-pan waffles

35 mins

Apple pepper pot cake

1 hr 25 mins

Chocolate & chestnut yule log

1 hr 20 mins

Jaffa cakes

40 mins

Sour cherry stollen

1 hr 35 mins

Cranberry & cinnamon swirl buns

1 hr 35 mins

The best coffee & walnut cake

45 mins

Christmas couronne

1 hr 25 mins

Dutch baby pancakes with roasted plums

50 mins

Stollen

1 hr 20 mins

Individual hazelnut and chocolate clafoutis

40 mins

Christmas cake - clementine, ricotta and lemon-curd panettone

How to make a seasonal celebration cake

Want a show-stopping dessert this Christmas? Try out this clementine, ricotta and lemon-curd panettone with our step-by-step guide

Vegan & gluten-free Christmas bakes

Vegan chocolate, cherry & honeycomb parfait

1 hr 45 mins

Gluten-free mince pies

40 mins

Epic vegan chocolate cake

50 mins

Gluten-free chocolate brownies

1 hr 20 mins

Mini vegan doughnuts

50 mins

Gluten-free blondies

45 mins

Gluten-free pumpkin pie

2 hrs 45 mins

Gluten-free chocolate cake

50 mins

Flourless chocolate cake

1 hr 30 mins

gluten-free ginger, pear and almond cake

Winter ginger, pear and almond cake

Gluten-free waffles

30 mins

Vegan bread & butter pudding

1 hr

Vegan chocolate pots

10 mins

Roasted pear with walnut & ginger filling

50 mins

Saffron-poached pears

2 hrs 15 mins

Dairy-free chocolate truffles

30 mins

Gluten-free Christmas pudding

30 mins

Dairy-free vanilla ice cream

35 mins

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

Vegan chocolate brownies

40 mins

Salted miso brownies

Dairy-free chocolate mousse

15 mins

Homemade gluten-free and vegan mince pies on a tray

Food Allergy Mums’ vegan mince pies

30 mins

Watch the recipes...

Christmas chocolate puddings: Gennaro Contaldo

5:51 | Chocolate

Jamie's bakewell tart: Jamie Oliver

5:16 | Fruit

How to make chocolate shavings: Kerryann Dunlop

3:02 | Chocolate

Christmas tiramisu: Jamie Oliver

3:02 | Chocolate

Classic trifle recipe: Eat It

2:44 | Jamie's Great Britain

Christmas bakes!

Mince pies, gingerbread men, Christmas cake, strudels and savoury pastries... For all your favourite festive bakes, we've got you covered!

Easy festive flapjacks with chocolate drizzle

Christmas baking ideas

Sweet treats, savoury nibbles, seasonal showstoppers and more!

Jamie Oliver standing with friends and family while holding a tray with a bombe cake that has sparklers and two oranges.

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Christmas hub

All the recipes you need to make cooking this Christmas easy and downright delicious.