Recipes to Make Your Christmas Even Sweeter
Christmas is the perfect time to enjoy a spot of baking and indulge in festive treats! In this collection, I’ve rounded up 12 Christmas desserts guaranteed to spread joy and satisfy every sweet tooth. Think warm spices, indulgent chocolate, and classic Christmas flavours reimagined into showstopping cakes, puddings, and cookies.
1. Chocolate Hazelnut & Caramel Yule Log
Light chocolate sponge filled with salted caramel whipped cream and chopped hazelnuts, coated in a rich chocolate ganache. This Yule Log is a fabulously festive and delicious Christmas classic!
2. Triple Chocolate Orange NYC Cookies
Crisp and crunchy on the outside, soft and gooey in the middle, packed with melted pockets of milk, white and dark Terry’s chocolate orange. They’re not Terry’s… they’re yours!
3. Mulled Wine Christmas Trifles
There is something so nostalgic and retro about these Mulled Wine Christmas Trifles! Dive in to these gorgeous Christmas desserts to enjoy layers of mulled wine jelly, creamy orange mascarpone, and soft panettone sponge.
4. White Chocolate & Biscoff Snowglobe Cheesecakes
Bring a touch of festive magic to your Christmas with these White Chocolate Snowglobe Cheesecakes! Imagine creamy white chocolate cheesecake, buttery Biscoff crumbs, and the most adorable festive decorations, all nestled inside a shimmering white chocolate globe.
5. Piece-of-cake Chocolate Cake
When Christmas gets busy, sometimes you just need fuss-free, quick and easy desserts. That’s where my Piece-of-Cake Air Fryer Chocolate Cake comes to the rescue. It’s rich, gooey, and indulgent, yet secretly simple—just five ingredients and 25 minutes in your air fryer!
6. Snowman Bauble Biscuits
Perfectly flavoured with ginger, cinnamon and rich chocolate, these crunchy biscuits are easy to make and such fun to decorate. With creamy Milkybar white chocolate snowmen and festive candy cane strings, they make a charming addition to your Christmas treat table—or even your tree!
7. Mince Pie Cookies
Swap pastry for cookie dough with this delicious twist on a Christmas classic – Mince Pie Cookies! This recipe turns up the taste factor with a brown butter cookie dough studded with blonde chocolate chunks.
8. Cream Liqueur Gingerbread Cheesecake
This Christmas cheesecake couples the much-loved butterscotch flavour of cream liqueur with the spicy sweetness of gingerbread. It’s decorated with white chocolate snow, gingerbread biscuits and frosted rosemary trees, to create a wow-factor cheesecake that’s sure to bring smiles all around.
9. Chocolate Orange Cinnamon Rolls
Forget plain cinnamon rolls — these Chocolate Orange Cinnamon Rolls are a Christmas dream! The rich, soft and fluffy chocolate bread rolls have a gooey cinnamon sugar and orange zest filling.
10. Chocolate Gingerbread Wreath Cake
Layers of chocolate sponge infused with gingerbread hot chocolate, with a secret gingerbread caramel filling, wrapped in silky Swiss meringue buttercream. All topped off with a stunning gingerbread biscuit wreath! This recipe is perfect for putting your baking skills to the test and would make a wonderful table centre-piece.
11. Hazelnut Mocha Christmas Loaf Cake
This easy loaf cake is a delightful combination of hazelnut nuttiness, chocolate richness, and a subtle hint of coffee, making each bite a delightful experience. The Nutella swirl baked into the coffee sponge makes this cake an indulgent treat!
12. Chocolate Orange Rudolph Cake
This Chocolate Orange Reindeer Cake will wow your guests and they’ll never know how easy it was to make! This decadent chocolate orange cake has a rich, fudgy sponge made with fresh orange juice and orange zest adding a festive zing.
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