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Christmas Baking Recipes & Videos

 
New York Style Cheesecake Easy Fruit Cake Dark Fruit Cake
New York Style Cheesecakes are creamy, and smooth, and rich, and dense, and absolutely delicious. more This Easy (Boiled) Fruit Cake is a much simpler version of the traditional British fruit cake. It contains all the necessary ingredients, like candied and dried fruits, yet it is so very easy to make. more This moist fruit cake is loaded with nuts and candied and dried fruits. It is also flavored with ground spices and molasses. After baking it is brushed with alcohol which imparts a wonderful flavor. more
Red Velvet Cake
Basque Cheesecake Red Velvet Cake Chocolate Cheesecake
This cheesecake has a beautifully caramelized outer crust. Yet inside its wonderfully light and airy, almost mousse-like in texture. more Red Velvet Cake is very dramatic looking with its bright red color sharply contrasted by a white frosting. more A Chocolate Cheesecake is a real showstopper that combines three delicious layers of chocolate.  more
Apple Pie Tea Fruit Cake Cherry Pound Cake
The Apple Pie, with its two rounds of pastry enclosing slices of cinnamon sugared apples, is a favorite dessert in North America. more A moist and flavorful Fruit Cake that soaks the dried fruit in tea, not alcohol. It also contains candied fruit peel and chopped nuts and is spiced with ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. more Full of red and green candied cherries, this Cherry Pound Cake has a moist and dense texture, a soft and tender crumb, and tastes buttery sweet. more
     

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Black Forest Cake

Yule Log (Bûche de Noël)

Chocolate Sponge Cake
A Black Forest Cake is a delicious combination of chocolate cake, Kirsch soaked Morello cherries, and loads of whipped cream. more A Yule Log takes a chocolate sponge cake, fills it with chocolate whipped cream, rolls it into a log shape, and then it's covered with chocolate ganache, more This is a deliciously moist chocolate sponge cake that melts in your mouth. Can be filled with plain, chocolate, or raspberry whipped cream. more
Pavlova Pumpkin Cake Cranberry Christmas Cake
This meringue cake, with its unusual soft sweet marshmallow center and crisp crust is produced by folding a little vinegar and cornstarch into the stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar. more I particularly enjoy this honey colored Pumpkin Cake with its shiny chocolate glaze. This cake is full of flavor and keeps fresh for days, thanks to the pumpkin puree and oil. more This Cranberry Christmas Cake consists of a chocolate genoise that is split in half, filled with chocolate cream and candied cranberries, and covered with a snowy white whipped cream frosting. more

Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake

Chocolate Truffles

Cranberry Upside Down Cake

Cranberry Swirl Cheescake combines two favorites, a New York Style Cheesecake and ruby red cranberry sauce. more

These rich and elegant, bite-sized round petit fours are made from a mixture of dark or white chocolate and cream to which various flavorings can be added: butter, liqueurs, extracts, nuts, coffee, purees, spices, candied or dried fruits. more

A Cranberry Upside Down Cake consists of lovely caramelized ruby red cranberries and a buttery white cake. more
Cherry Pie Pound Cake Carrot Cake
This homemade Cherry Pie, encased in a delicious buttery pastry, is full of the sweet flavor of cherries. more This Pound Cake is wonderfully rich and buttery with a lovely golden brown crust. more This Carrot Cake is moist and flavorful with grated carrots and is frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting. more

Florentines

Fruit Cake

Sponge Cake filled with Raspberry Cream
Florentines are a delicious mixture of toasted nuts and candied fruit that are coated with a sweet sticky mixture of honey and sugar. They are finished with a layer of melted chocolate. more Fruit cake is the traditional British Christmas Cake that is full of fruit and nuts, laced with alcohol, and sometimes covered with marzipan and royal icing. more Sponge Cakes presented in this way have a beautiful pinwheel design and they are often filled with toppings like lemon curd, jam or preserves, fruit sauces, chopped nuts, ganache. more.

Homemade Mincemeat Tart

Mince Pies

Homemade Mincemeat
This Mincemeat Tart has two layers of a buttery crisp pastry with a filling of homemade vegetarian mincemeat made with dried and candied fruits, nuts, apple, and spices that are laced with alcohol. more Over time, beef suet came to replace the meat and today mincemeat is thought of as a spicy preserve consisting of a mixture of dried and candied fruits, nuts, apples, and spices (with or without beef suet) that is heavily laced with brandy or rum. more Homemade Mincemeat is a spicy sweet preserve consisting of a mixture or dried and candied fruits, apples, and spices that are heavily laced with brandy or rum. more

Lemon Frosted Lemon Cake

Shortbread Tarts with Cream Filling

Vanilla Cupcakes (Fairy Cakes)

A simple pound-like cake that has a wonderful citrus flavor that comes from adding both lemon zest and juice to the batter. more

These rich and buttery miniature shortbread tarts are filled with a delicious cream filling made with cream cheese, condensed milk and lemons. Garnish with fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or kiwi slices. more

Vanilla Cupcakes are wonderfully sweet and buttery and are frosted with a lovely Buttercream. more

Cranberry Galette

Clementine Torte

Fruit Tart
This makes the perfect Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert; ruby red cranberries and walnuts encased in a buttery flavored pastry. more You can make this torte with either ground almonds or pecans. Either way makes for a moist and flavorful cake served alongside a dollop of whipped cream. more Everyone loves the elegance of a fruit tart with its topping of beautiful fresh fruit. Whether you use a single fruit (like strawberries) or a medley of berries, sliced kiwi, plums, bananas, pineapple, and/or melon no one can resist its beauty. more

Gingerbread Cake

Ricotta Cream Cheese Cheesecake

Panforte (Italian Christmas Cake)
This cake is very nice plain but it is absolutely delicious when frosted with a lemon flavored icing. The lemon frosting recipe given here dries to a beautiful, satiny smooth, crusty finish. more Ricotta and cream cheese are used in this cheesecake which makes it both light and fluffy and soft and creamy. Delicious with the cranberry-raspberry sauce. more Bite into a slice of Panforte and you may be surprised to find how chewy it is. This chewy texture comes from mixing the fruit, nuts, spices, and flour with a boiled syrup made from sugar and honey. more

Butter Tarts

Linzer Torte

Cranberry Bread
These Butter Tarts consist of flaky pastry shells that are filled with a sweet mixture of butter, brown sugar, and eggs. more Linzertorte originated in Linz, Austria and is very distinctive looking with its beautiful golden brown crust, filled with ruby red preserves peeking through the pretty lattice design. more This Cranberry Bread contains the delightful combination of fresh cranberries, candied mixed peel and toasted almonds. more

Lemon-Cranberry Pound Cake

Chocolate Torte

Coconut Cake
This recipe uses dried cranberries. The advantage of drying any fruit is to prolong its storage but it has the added benefit of concentrating the fruit's sweetness and flavor. more Chocolate Torte is rich and chocolately cake with an almost pudding-like texture. more This cake consists of layers of moist coconut-flavored butter cake that are filled with a tangy lemon curd and then the entire cake is frosted with a smooth and shiny 7-Minute Frosting and sweetened coconut. more

Black Forest Trifles

Meringue Mushrooms

Pumpkin Cranberry Bars

A Black Forest Trifle has the same components as a Black Forest Cake that is, chocolate, cherries, kirsch liqueur, and whipped cream. more

This does seem like a very long and involved recipe but the meringue mushrooms are really not difficult to make. more

Pumpkin Cranberry Bars are moist and full of flavor and beg to be cut into large chunks and served with a steaming hot cup of coffee or tea. more
Vanilla Cake No Bake Cheesecake White Butter Cake
This Vanilla Cake has a sweet buttery flavor and a moist velvety texture. The buttercream frosting used to both fill and frost the cake has a sweet and buttery flavor with a light and fluffy texture. more A No Bake Cheesecake combines a graham cracker crust with a light and creamy no-bake cheesecake filling. The finishing touch is a sweet cherry topping. more This White Butter Cake has a sweet and buttery flavor and a light and fluffy texture. A layer of jam is placed between the cake layers and it is also filled and frosted with  a delicious cream cheese frosting. more
German Chocolate Cake Red Velvet Cupcakes Hummingbird Cake
This beautiful German Chocolate Cake has three moist layers of chocolate cake, with a sweet and gooey caramel frosting, laced with coconut and pecans. more Red Velvet Cupcakes have a subtle chocolate flavor with a bright red color that are iced with a Cream Cheese Frosting. more This Hummingbird Cake is moist and flavorful with chopped pecans, crushed pineapple, and mashed bananas. It is frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting. more
Chocolate Marshmallow Cupcakes Ricotta Cheesecake Coconut Cupcakes
This lovely Chocolate Marshmallow Cupcake pairs a rich and buttery chocolate flavored cupcake with a soft and fluffy Marshmallow Frosting. more This Ricotta Cheesecake uses both ricotta cheese and cream cheese to produce a cheesecake that is creamy smooth yet wonderfully light and fluffy. more Coconut Cupcakes, sometimes called Snowball Cupcakes, take a sweet and buttery white cake and cover it with a tangy cream cheese frosting and sweetened coconut. more
Banoffee Pie Cranberry Raisin Pie Cranberry Nut Tarts
A Banoffee Pie has a buttery crisp shortbread crust, toffee, slices of sweet bananas, all covered with loads of whipped cream. more Cranberry Raisin Pie has two layers of buttery crisp pastry with a rich and spicy filling full of cranberries, dried fruit, chunks of apple, nuts, and candied peel. more Individual Cranberry Nut Tarts are made with a sweet pastry crust and filled with ruby red cranberries and nuts all covered in a creamy smooth caramel. more
Chocolate Pie Chocolate Mousse Raspberry Truffle Tart
Chocolate pie starts with a buttery crisp shortbread crust that is topped with a smooth and creamy chocolate filling. The finishing touch is swirls of softly whipped cream. more Chocoholics Beware. One spoonful of this Chocolate Mousse and you will be hooked forever. more What could be more enticing than a giant raspberry-flavored truffle set in a biscotti crust. This beautiful raspberry-flavored truffle tart is set in a delicious biscotti crust. more
Chocolate Pudding Cake Chocolate Fondue Strawberry & Lemon Curd Trifle
A Chocolate Pudding Cake has two delicious layers, a rich and moist brownie-like chocolate cake along with its' own thick and creamy chocolate pudding sauce. more A Chocolate Fondue consists of a delicious chocolate sauce, made with semi sweet chocolate, cream, Nutella, and Frangelico that is placed in a fondue pot and then chunks of fresh fruit, cake, and/or cookies are dipped into the sauce. more This Strawberry and Lemon Curd Trifle consists of layers of buttery pound cake, strawberry sauce, fresh strawberries, lemon curd, and softly whipped cream. more
Graham Cracker Tart w/White Chocolate Filling Lemon Curd Tart Easy Fruit Tart
These fruit tarts, with their layers of fresh fruit, rich cream, and fluted pie crusts can only be described as elegant. more Lemon Curd Tart is a delicious combination of a sweet and crisp pastry crust and a tangy lemon curd. more This Easy Fruit Tart has a buttery sweet shortbread crust, a creamy smooth filling made with mascarpone cheese and heavy cream, and lots of beautiful fresh fruit. more
Orange Chiffon Cake Simple Chocolate Cake Chocolate Cupcakes
This Orange Chiffon Cake has the flavor of oranges. It contains both baking powder and a liquid fat (in the form of oil). It is the oil that gives this cake its wonderful moist and tender crumb and that keeps the cake soft even when refrigerated. more A chocolate layer cake that is so simple to make yet is wonderfully moist with a lovely chocolate flavor. We fill and frost it with a delicious chocolate fudge frosting. more These beautiful chocolate cupcakes have a wonderful chocolate flavor and are frosted with a chocolate fudge frosting. more
Light Fruit Cake Cream Cheese Pound Cake Homemade Doughnuts
A delicious Fruit Cake with a delicate almond flavor that is full of candied and dried fruit.  more This Cream Cheese Pound Cake has a wonderful rich and buttery flavor, moist texture, and a golden brown crust that is both sweet and crisp. more Homemade Doughnuts are made from a rich yeast dough that are deep fried and then rolled in sugar. Sugary crisp on the outside, soft and tender on the inside. more
Chocolate Eclairs Mincemeat Cake Cake Doughnuts
A delectable French pastry that  fills a crisp hollow of choux pastry with pastry cream and then dips the top in a chocolate glaze. more This is a moist and flavorful fruit cake that is studded with chunks of sweet almond flavored marzipan. more Enjoy these Cake Doughnuts plain, sprinkled with powdered or white sugar, or dipped in a delicious Chocolate Glaze. more
Chocolate Pots de Crème Crème Brûlée Chocolate Chiffon Cake
Chocolate Pots de Crème have a rich chocolate flavor and a silky smooth texture that is also light and airy, similar to a chocolate mousse. more Crème Brûlée is decadent dessert that takes a rich, vanilla flavored, baked custard and tops it with a layer of crisp caramelized sugar. more Moist and chocolately this Chocolate Chiffon Cake is filled with a mocha cream and frosted with a rich and glossy chocolate glaze. more
Chocolate Dome Cake Strawberry Cheesecake Petit Fours
A stunning cake. Three layers of sponge, soaked with an orange syrup, filled with chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries. The finishing touch is that the cake is covered with chocolate ganache. more This delicious New York style cheesecake has a graham cracker crust with a top layer of strawberry sauce set with gelatin. more These cute Petit Fours consists of three layers of Almond Cake sandwiched together with a layer of apricot preserves and raspberry preserves. Then these little cakes are covered in a white chocolate glaze. more
Lemon Meringue Pie Jelly Roll Red Velvet Cake Pops
This pie takes a prebaked pie crust and fills it with a deliciously tangy lemon cream filling. The crowning touch is a billowy sweet meringue. more This Jelly Roll recipe takes a thin sheet of a soft and tender sponge cake, spreads it  with a layer of raspberry whipped cream, and then it's rolled up. more Combine the crumbs of a Red Velvet Cake with a cream cheese frosting to make these Cake Pops. The crisp outer shell comes from dipping the pops into melted white chocolate candy wafers. more
Simple Vanilla Cake Cranberry Pear and Apple Crumble Chocolate Cake with Swiss Buttercream Frosting
Learn how to transform a moist and flavorful Simple Vanilla Cake into an elegant multi-layer cake with cream cheese frosting. more The delicious combination of sweet pears, tart cranberries, and crisp apples, along with a crumble topping, make for a perfect Fall dessert. more Three layers of moist chocolate cake sandwiched together with Dulce de Leche and a buttery smooth Swiss Buttercream Frosting. more
Lemon Frosted Pound Cake Key Lime Tarts Pear Frangipane Tarts
The constrast of a buttery sweet lemon pound cake covered with a tangy lemon glaze is irresistible. more There are three tasty components to a Key Lime Tart. A crisp pastry crust, a sweet yet tangy lime flavored filling, and a dollop of whipped cream. more These pretty tarts have apricot glazed slices of pears encased in an almond cream. Underneath the cream is raspberry jam. The tart shells are sweet and crisp with a subtle almond flavor. more
Buttermilk Fruit Cake Strawberry Breton Tart Sprinkle Cake
Buttermilk Fruit Cake is wonderfully moist and buttery and it is loaded with aromatic spices, dates, raisins, and currants. more A beautiful dessert combining a soft and tender cake-like base with pistachio pastry cream and glistening strawberries. more This celebration cake folds candy sprinkles into a fluffy white butter cake and then it's filled and frosted with a tangy sweet cream cheese frosting. more
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Almond Cake Coffee Walnut Cake
A cake that's sure to please. Four layers of chocolate cake sandwiched together and frosted with both a peanut butter frosting and chocolate ganache. Yum. more You will love this soft and tender vanilla white cake that is covered with crunchy bits of caramelized almonds. more A rich butter cake flavored with coffee that is filled and frosted with a smooth and creamy coffee flavored frosting. more
Sweet Potato Pie Butternut Squash Pie Golden Chiffon Cake
A Southern pie traditionally served on Thanksgiving. It's a single crust, custard pie made with a delicious homemade Sweet Potato puree. more A single crust pie with a creamy custard like filling made with butternut squash puree, cream, eggs, sugar, and aromatic ground spices. more A moist and tender cake that is wonderfully light and spongy. Try covering it with a delicious Marshmallow Frosting and toasted coconut. Yum. more
Vanilla Bundt Cakes Recipe Vanilla Sheet Cake Strawberry Cake
These bundt cakes are buttery sweet with a texture that is wonderfully dense and moist. The cakes are frosted with a delicious Vanilla Glaze. more You'll love this moist and flavorful Vanilla Butter Cake frosted with a tangy sweet Cream Cheese Frosting. Perfect for any occasion. more Two delicious layers of Vanilla Genoise, soaked with a lemon syrup, sandwiched together with whipped cream and fresh strawberries, and frosted with a Strawberry Whipped Cream. more
Pecan Pie Mini Vanilla Cupcakes Tiramisu
Pecan Pie is a delicious combination of toasted pecans, sugar, and eggs which gives this pie wonderful flavor with a dense and chewy texture. more You'll love these sweet and buttery Vanilla Cupcakes made in miniature that are frosted with a delicious Confectioners Frosting. more Tiramisu means pick me up or carry me up. It is often called an Italian Trifle, as like any trifle it is made by layering cake (or ladyfingers), that have been soaked in spirits, with a rich custard. more
Sugar Cookies Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes Carrot Cheesecake
These sweet and buttery cut-out cookies are always a favorite. They can be dressed simply with sugar or make them very decorative by frosting them with royal icing. more These cheesecakes start with a Graham Cracker Crust, topped with a creamy chocolate cheesecake, and then a layer of chocolate Ganache. more This two layer cake combines a rich and moist carrot cake, full of grated carrots and chopped nuts, with a smooth and creamy cheesecake topping. more
Red Velvet Sheet Cake Stollen Fruit Bread
You'll love this brightly colored butter cake that has a mild chocolate flavor and is covered with a tangy cream cheese frosting. more A deliciously buttery rich and dense German Christmas Fruit Cake that's full of dried and candied fruit and nuts. Instantly recognizable by both its shape and its coating of powdered sugar. more An enriched Bread with a golden brown crust and a wonderfully soft and tender crumb, full of dried and candied fruit. more
 
Baked Rice Pudding Cherry Almond Coffee Cake
A lightly sweetened baked pudding made with white rice and milk that has a wonderfully creamy texture. more This cake has two layers of an almond flavored butter cake, sandwiched together with sweet red cherries, and topped with sliced almonds. more  

There are many desserts attached to the Christmas season and every family has their favorites. Below I have tried to provide a wide variety of popular desserts, some you may recognize, others not. Let us begin with the British Fruit Cake, that wonderful combination of nuts and dried and candied fruits with barely enough cake batter to hold it all together.

Then there is the Italian Panforte, from Siena Italy, and its chewy texture comes from mixing the fruit, nuts, spices, and flour, with a boiled syrup made from sugar and honey. Another favorite is the French Buche de Noel or Yule Log, consisting of a chocolate sponge cake that is rolled around a lovely chocolate whipped cream and decorated with Meringue Mushrooms. And let's not forget the Linzer Torte, which originated in Linz, Austria, and is very distinctive looking with its beautiful golden brown crust, filled with ruby red preserves, peeking through the pretty lattice design. Another excellent dessert is the very colorful Red Velvet Cake. It is composed of a Devil's Food Cake that is filled and frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting. So browse through the selection below and whether you try something new or stay with your favorites, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

 

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