Victorian christmas recipes

Easy eggnog recipes that celebrate history!

Vintage Christmas recipes can bring back memories of past Christmases and help keep family traditions alive. This year bring out some of your old favorites and try some of these as well. Plus check out a terrifying vintage recipe you'll want to skip.

These Christmas dinner recipes are sure to please everyone around the table. Get our best holiday menus from classic to creative.

Mary Berry´s Victorian Christmas Cake or Genoa Cake. Traditional cake from UK made with fruit and usually eaten at Christmas.

While most of our recipes aren't strictly historical ones, we've still got just about everything you'll need for a 21st-century Dickensian holiday feast.

Indulge in the rich and aromatic flavours of the holiday season with a hot cup of smoking bishop, a classic Victorian recipe inspired by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This traditional Victorian mulled wine recipe is made with a blend of red wine, port wine, citrus fruits and spices, including oranges studded with cloves and slow-roasted. Enjoy this hot mulled wine drink for a cozy night in or a special Christmas holiday party.

Do you recall the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker? (I love the ballet. I’ve seen it several times), but what about those actual real sugar plums? Let’s begin with, what sugar plums are? In ess…

This steamed Christmas pudding is moist, sticky, and deliciously fruity with a great texture — a spectacular British Christmas dessert fit for a queen!

Make a traditional plum pudding just like the Cratchit family during their Christmas dinner feast! This plum pudding is doused in flaming brandy for a truly spectacular Christmas treat. After setting the plum pudding alight, it is sprinkled with sugar and topped with a silky smooth brandy butter sauce. Plum pudding is a must for any Dickens-inspired Christmas menu.

What to prepare for Christmas? Consider these Victorian Christmas recipes that feature seasonal or preserved foods. Tasty too.