Christmas Dessert Recipes

No Christmas meal would be complete without an indulgent Christmas dessert or two. These delicious desserts will turn any meal into a feast and have everyone contentedly confined to the sofa. Try the infamous Girdlebuster Pie or the divine Chestnut Chocolate Pots for now is not the time to think of calories. Relax, enjoy and overindulge!
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An Italian friend of mine, who makes a killer tiramisu herself, was an instant convert.
Irish Cream Tiramisu
IRISH CREAM TIRAMISU I've long been tinkering about with a bottle of Bailey's, seeing how it could best be called upon in the kitchen, and I think, with this, I've found it. An Italian friend of mine, who makes a killer tiramisu herself, was an instant convert. I was relieved: the Italians generally are conservative about their food, which goes some way to explaining the longevity of their cherished culinary traditions.
This is incredibly easy to make; even if you're stressed out, it won't topple you over into nervous collapse.
Clementine Cake
CLEMENTINE CAKE This is incredibly easy to make; even if you're stressed out, it won't topple you over into nervous collapse. It's such an accommodating kind of cake: it keeps well, indeed it gets better after a few days, and it is perfect either as a pudding, with some creme fraiche, or as cake.
Learn how to make Nigella's pecan plus pie with a twist by adding other nuts. This dessert is a delightful Anglo-American treat that will satisfy your sweet cravings.
Pecan-Plus Pie
PECAN-PLUS PIE This is somewhat of an Anglo-American enterprise. I have taken a pecan pie, and added other nuts, simply because for me, the English festive season means bowls of mixed nuts and the memory of my grandfather being able to crack them, pressing two against each other, in his bare hands.
the joy of the girdlebuster is that you can put it back into its dish and just stash in the freezer again for midnight feasts.
Girdlebuster Pie
GIRDLEBUSTER PIE I confess: it was the title that lured me. Tell me you don’t feel the same. I came across this in a recipe by Elinor Klivans, whom I often turn to for chocolatey solace, in her The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook, which includes the wonderful phrase “let the chocolate chips fall where they will”. Although her recipes always work to the letter, my recipe is not hers.
This delicate pink ice cream tastes like fragrant, sherbety heaven.
No-Churn Pomegranate Ice Cream
NO-CHURN POMEGRANATE ICE CREAM It's not hard to think of a pudding that can be made in advance. But mostly the advantage is simply that all the effort is upfront and early. The thing about this recipe is that you do it in advance - it's ice cream, so that stands to reason - but what you do in advance is negligible in terms of effort.
A delicious fruit cake recipe perfect for Christmas. This cake is a delightful change from the usual marzipan and icing covered Christmas Cake. Try it now!
Gorgeously Golden Fruit Cake
GORGEOUSLY GOLDEN FRUIT CAKE This is the fruity blonde sister to that brunette temptress, my chocolate fruit cake from Nigella Christmas. It delivers, as promised, a cake of apricot-pear-and-ginger goldenness and goodness, so squidgy and fresh-tasting, which comes perhaps not only from the amount of fruit in it, but also the lack of flour: this is a gluten-free treat for the greedy; fruit cake with the emphasis firmly on the first word.
Indulge in this delicious Pomegranate Jewel Cake recipe by Nigella Lawson. A perfect dessert for any occasion.
Pomegranate Jewel Cake
Pomegranate Jewel Cake Many cultures use food that resembles money – lentils for coins, saffron for gold – in celebratory meals, to invoke a wish for prosperity and good fortune ahead, and this fragrant, light, flourless almond cake with its tumble of gleaming, rubied pomegranate seeds is my version: an open jewel-case of a cake.
The traditional sauce for Christmas pudding is a "hard sauce", but I can't help feeling that this corner-cutting Eggnogg Cream is best of all.
Eggnog Cream
EGGNOG CREAM The traditional sauce for Christmas pudding is a "hard sauce", that's to say brandy butter but I can't help feeling that this corner-cutting Eggnogg Cream, devised for my Express festivities last year, is best of all.
This, I tell you, is the trifle to end all trifles.
Anglo-Italian Trifle
I don't think I could write a book that didn't include a recipe for trifle somewhere - and this, I tell you, is the trifle to end all trifles. The shiny black of the berries, the soft whiteness of the mascarpone above them and the golden toastiness of the almonds on top, make it, in the first instance, beautiful to look at.
Indulge in these delicious Dutch doughnuts, a traditional treat enjoyed on New Year's Eve. Made with care and sprinkled with powdered sugar, these Oliebollen are a must-try!
New Year Doughnuts - Oliebollen
New Year Doughnuts - Oliebollen
Sep 28, 2024 - Dutch logs of almond paste, encased in puff pastry.
Banket Bars
Banket Bars
Sep 24, 2024 - I have a weakness for this sort of cake, which is essentially an assembly–job number, a construction of alternate layers of a rich, boozy cream and sponge.
No-Bake Advocaat and Ginger Cake
No-Bake Advocaat and Ginger Cake
I have had a very happy week turning my house into a Swedish Cinnamon Bun factory, as I’ve been working to perfect this recipe.
Swedish Cinnamon Buns
Swedish Cinnamon Buns
Apr 13, 2025 - This involves no more than a little laid-back layering-up, and creates something utterly luscious.
Breakfast Trifle
Breakfast Trifle
Indulge in these beautifully spiced Speculaas biscuits, perfect for the holiday season. Make your Christmas extra special with these delightful treats.
Speculaas Biscuits
Speculaas Biscuits