Christmas Baking Tested Recipes & Videos
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Pumpkin Cheesecake |
Fruit Cake |
Pecan Pie |
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Pumpkin Cheesecake combines two
American favorites; New York style cheesecake and pumpkin pie. It is the
perfect dessert for Thanksgiving. 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 |
Pecan Pie is a delicious
combination of toasted pecans, sugar, and eggs which gives this pie
wonderful flavor with a dense and chewy texture.
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New York Style Cheesecake |
Red Velvet Cake |
Chocolate Cheesecake |
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York Style Cheesecakes are creamy, and smooth, and rich, and dense, and
absolutely delicious. 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.
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Apple Pie |
Tiramisu
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Sugar Cookies |
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The Apple Pie, with its
two rounds of pastry enclosing slices of cinnamon sugared apples, is
a favorite dessert in North America. 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 |
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 |
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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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Black Forest Cake |
Buche de Noel (Yule Log) |
Chocolate Sponge Cake |
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A Black Forest Cake is a
delicious combination of chocolate cake, Kirsch soaked Morello cherries,
and loads of whipped cream. more |
This is a deliciously moist
chocolate sponge cake that melts in your mouth. Can be filled with
plain, chocolate, or raspberry whipped cream.
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This is a deliciously moist
chocolate sponge cake that melts in your mouth. Can be filled with
plain, chocolate, or raspberry whipped cream. more |
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Pavlova |
Pumpkin Cake |
Cranberry Christmas Cake |
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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.
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Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake |
Chocolate Truffles |
Cranberry Upside Down Cake |
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Cranberry Swirl Cheescake
combines two favorites, a New York Style Cheesecake and ruby red
cranberry sauce.
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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 |
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Cherry Pie |
Pound Cake |
Carrot Cake |
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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.
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This Carrot Cake is moist and
flavorful with grated carrots and is frosted with a delicious cream cheese
frosting. more |
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Florentines |
Boiled Fruit Cake |
Sponge Cake filled with Raspberry Cream |
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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 |
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 |
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. |
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Homemade Mincemeat Tart |
Mince Pies |
Homemade Mincemeat |
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This Mincemeat Tart has
a lovely lattice pastry crust and is filled with homemade mincemeat.
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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
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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.
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Lemon Frosted Lemon Cake |
Shortbread Tarts with
Cream Filling |
Vanilla Cupcakes (Fairy Cakes) |
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A simple pound-like
cake that has a wonderful citrus flavor that comes from adding both
lemon zest and juice to the batter.
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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.
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Vanilla Cupcakes are wonderfully sweet and buttery and are frosted with a
lovely Buttercream. more |
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Cranberry Galette |
Clementine Torte |
Fruit Tart |
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This makes the perfect
Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert; ruby red cranberries and walnuts
encased in a buttery flavored pastry.
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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.
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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 |
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Gingerbread Cake |
Ricotta Cream Cheese Cheesecake |
Panforte (Italian Christmas Cake) |
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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 smooth and creamy.
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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 |
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Butter Tarts |
Linzer Torte |
Cranberry Bread |
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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 |
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Lemon-Cranberry Pound
Cake
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Chocolate Torte |
Coconut Cake |
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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.
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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 |
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Black Forest Trifles |
Cranberry Pear and Apple Crumble |
Pumpkin Cranberry Bars |
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A Black Forest Trifle has
the same components as a Black Forest Cake that is, chocolate, cherries,
kirsch liqueur, and whipped cream. more |
The
delicious combination of sweet pears, tart cranberries, and crisp
apples, along with a crumble topping, make for a perfect Fall
dessert. 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.
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Vanilla Cake |
No Bake Cheesecake |
White Butter Cake |
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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.
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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 |
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German Chocolate Cake |
Red Velvet Cupcakes |
Hummingbird Cake |
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This beautiful German
Chocolate Cake has three moist layers of chocolate cake, with a sweet
and gooey caramel frosting, laced with coconut and pecans.
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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.
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Chocolate Marshmallow
Cupcakes |
Ricotta Cheesecake |
Coconut Cupcakes |
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This lovely Chocolate
Marshmallow Cupcake pairs a rich and buttery chocolate flavored cupcake
with a soft and fluffy Marshmallow Frosting.
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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.
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Banoffee Pie |
Cranberry Raisin Pie |
Cranberry Nut Tarts |
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A Banoffee Pie has a buttery crisp shortbread
crust, toffee, slices of sweet bananas, all covered with
loads of whipped cream.
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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.
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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.
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Chocolate Pie |
Chocolate Mousse |
Raspberry Truffle Tart |
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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.
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Chocoholics Beware. One
spoonful of this Chocolate Mousse and you will be hooked forever.
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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 |
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Chocolate Pudding Cake |
Chocolate Fondue |
Strawberry & Lemon Curd Trifle |
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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.
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This Strawberry and
Lemon Curd Trifle consists of layers of buttery pound cake,
strawberry sauce, fresh strawberries, lemon curd, and softly whipped cream.
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Graham Cracker Tart w/White Chocolate Filling |
Lemon Curd Tart |
Easy Fruit Tart |
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These fruit tarts, with
their layers of fresh fruit, rich cream, and fluted pie crusts can only
be described as elegant.
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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.
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Orange Chiffon Cake |
Chocolate Butter Cake |
Chocolate Cupcakes |
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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.
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This beautiful
Chocolate Butter Cake has two layers of moist and tender chocolate
butter cake sandwiched together and frosted with a delicious chocolate
frosting. more |
These beautiful chocolate
cupcakes have a wonderful chocolate flavor and are frosted with a
chocolate fudge frosting. more |
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Light Fruit
Cake |
Cream Cheese Pound Cake |
Homemade Doughnuts |
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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.
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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.
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Chocolate Eclairs |
Mincemeat Cake |
Cake
Doughnuts |
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A delectable French pastry
that fills a crisp hollow of choux pastry with pastry cream and
then dips the top in a chocolate glaze.
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This is a moist and
flavorful fruit cake that is studded with chunks of sweet almond
flavored marzipan.
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Enjoy these Cake Doughnuts
plain, sprinkled with powdered or white sugar, or dipped in a delicious
Chocolate Glaze. more |
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Chocolate Pots de Crème |
Crème
Brûlée |
Chocolate Chiffon Cake |
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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.
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Crème Brûlée is decadent
dessert that takes a rich, vanilla flavored, baked custard and tops it
with a layer of crisp caramelized sugar.
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Moist and chocolately this
Chocolate Chiffon Cake is filled with a mocha cream and frosted with a
rich and glossy chocolate glaze.
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