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CHRISTMAS CAKE RECIPES

It’s never too early to start baking a traditional fruit cake for Christmas, full of plump fruits and warming spices. But if fruit cake isn’t for you, there are plenty of great alternatives to enjoy, including chocolate cakes, yule logs and impressive-looking bundt cakes

Martha Collison's Christmas cake >

Chocolate, caramel and chestnut yule log cake >

How to decorate - Martha Collison's sweetie Christmas cake >

Festive-spiced apple bundt cake >

Golden Christmas cake >

Tropical Christmas cake >

Edd Kimber's coconut and ginger cake >

Gluten-free chestnut, chocolate and hazelnut cake >

Guyanese black cake >

Honey and pistachio bundt cake >

Christmas cake with drambuie-soaked vine fruits >

Quick Christmas fruit cake >

Cranberry and orange drizzle loaf >

Martha Collison's spiced rum and white chocolate Christmas cake >

Spiced orange and almond cake >

Rachel Allen's upside-down cranberry cake >

Chocolate and cranberry cake >

Heston's chocolate Christmas cake >

Flourless chocolate cakes with crème fraîche and cranberry ripple ice cream

Flourless chocolate cakes with cranberry ice cream >

Edd Kimber's cranberry and white chocolate Chirstmas cake

Edd Kimber's cranberry and white chocolate Christmas cake >

Clementine, saffron and polenta cake >

Beetroot & dark chocolate yule log >

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a pudding

Making your own Christmas pudding is well worth the effort. We’ve got traditional recipes and unusual puddings with a twist, so you’re
sure to find one you like

View Christmas pudding recipes >