Impress your Christmas guests this year by pulling out a perfectly-created fruit cake, with the help of our simple step-by-step guide.
Lynne’s Christmas cake
Mum’s made this cake for many years since her dear Aussie friend Lynne shared it with her. It is always a success, thus their friendship remains intact! Photography by Todd Eyre
Orange and dark chocolate Christmas pudding
Nothing tastes like the festive season quite like a decadent Christmas pudding. This orange and dark chocolate version is perfect served with your choice of creamy custard or ice cream
Rich Christmas pudding with frosted cherries
This rich Christmas pudding recipe is a deliciously decadent way to celebrate Christmas with loved ones. Top with ‘frosted’ cherries for a real festive feel
Individual boiled Christmas puddings
Nothing says the festive season quite like Christmas pudding – dense, moist and loaded with delicious dried fruit.
Gluten-free Christmas cake
This Christmas cake makes life so easy when you have gluten-intolerant visitors, and it is so delicious, everyone will love it! You’ll be so impressed, it might just become your go-to festive recipe.
Mum’s golden Christmas pudding with butterscotch sauce
Nici Wickes shares her mum’s sensational Christmas pudding recipe that’s crammed full of golden fruits and served with delicious butterscotch sauce, creamy custard, brandy butter and whipped cream
Modern Christmas cake
This wonderful recipe sees moist, fruity Christmas cake topped with cinnamon buttercream, fresh figs and pistachios! It’s the perfect dessert to enjoy with friends and family during the festive season
Orange Christmas pudding with honey and citrus sauce
Nici Wickes’ Christmas pudding recipe creates a less-rich dessert that’s covered in beautiful oranges and served with a wonderful warm honey and citrus sauce, whipped cream and brandy butter
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Gluten-free Christmas cakes
Christmas is not the same without the traditional Christmas cake! A cake that has all the ingredients that are mandatory to a Christmas cake, the only thing different is it’s gluten-free!
Traditional steamed pudding
Refrigerate in pudding basin. To serve, reheat on a plate in microwave on Medium (50%) for 5 minutes or until just hot. Note
Rich fruit cake
This fruit cake is deliciously moist and looks beautiful decorated with almonds. It can last up to 12 months, but we think you’ll polish it off well before then.
Christmas pudding with honeycomb
This Nici Wickes Christmas pudding is crammed full of cranberries, currants and raisins, and topped with homemade honeycomb for wow factor. Impress your guests with this incredible creation.
Gluten-free Christmas pudding
A gluten-free diet doesn’t mean lowering your standards. This gluten-free Christmas pudding is bursting with fruit and flavour.
Mum’s Christmas loaf cakes with easy icing
Nici Wickes shares her mum’s delicious gift idea. This recipe sees one big batch of Christmas cake mix divided between smaller loaf tins and dressed up with a simple icing and some glacé cherries
