Christmas dessert recipes

Christmas dessert inspiration

Christmas pudding flaming blue with holly as decoration

Stir-up Sunday: perfect Christmas pudding recipes

Making your own Christmas pudding and mincemeat means you can get the recipe just as you like it. Here's what we think is the perfect Christmas pudding

Black forest frozen cheesecake

1 hr 30 mins

affogato dessert with ice cream and biscuits on the side

Affogato: the ultimate simple dessert

Everything you need to know to make the perfect Italian affogato – a seriously easy dinner party dessert.

Christmas chocolate puddings: Gennaro Contaldo

5:51 | Chocolate

gluten free mince pies with star pastry tops and icing sugar sprinkled

Follow our lead for a delicious gluten-free festive feast

We've rounded up our favourite recipes for a gluten-free Christmas feast that's bound to impress everyone around your dinner table this festive season.

Jamie's bakewell tart: Jamie Oliver

5:16 | Fruit

How to make chocolate shavings: Kerryann Dunlop

3:02 | Chocolate

How to make griddle-pan waffles

These waffles are super-easy and absolutely delicious. Plus, there's no need to buy a waffle iron for these bad boys – a griddle-pan works like a charm.

Nostalgic biscuits: Sorted

Iced gems, Jaffa Cakes, jammy dodgers and Wagon Wheels – recreate the biscuits from your childhood at home!

jam tarts with icing sugar dusted on top

The Food Allergy Mums’ top tips for a fabulous family Christmas

Getting Christmas right takes a little bit of planning, but if you’re organised you can easily cater to include people with food allergies.

chocolate truffles with grated chocolate on top

Getting creative with chocolate truffles

Chocolate truffles are perfect with any romantic meal, and taking them next level by getting inventive with your flavourings is as easy as it is effective.

7 gluten- and dairy-free recipes for chocolate

Full of flavour, these gluten- and dairy-free recipes for chocolate puds and treats are delicious

Home sweet home - Gingerbread house

1 hr

cheeseboard filled with different types of cheese

Jamie’s Christmas cheeseboard

Get the full lowdown on what Jamie and family will be tucking into on the cheese-front this Christmas, as featured in Jamie’s Easy Christmas TV show.

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Ultimate Christmas desserts

Whether you’re looking for a gorgeous make-ahead centrepiece or carefully crafted individual puds, we’ve got your big-day desserts sorted!

Christmas cake - clementine, ricotta and lemon-curd panettone

How to make a seasonal celebration cake

Want a show-stopping dessert this Christmas? Try out this clementine, ricotta and lemon-curd panettone with our step-by-step guide

Christmas pudding recipes

Nut-free Christmas pudding

3 hrs 15 mins

Mellow mincemeat

15 mins

Christmas pudding

4 hrs 30 mins

Christmas pudding spoons

10 mins

Christmas colchester pudding

1 hr 50 mins

Classic spotted dick

2 hrs

mincemeat palmiers with ice cream and sherry

Mincemeat palmiers with vanilla ice cream and sherry

30 mins

Christmas colchester pudding

1 hr 50 mins

Icelandic rice pudding

50 mins

Queen of puddings

1 hr 20 mins

Banana panettone pudding

Festive pies & tarts

Panettone bread and butter pudding recipe

Bread & butter panettone pudding tart

1 hr

Chocolate pumpkin brûlée pie

1 hr 45 mins

Classic mince pies

2 hrs 15 mins

Chocolate and caramel tart with hazelnuts

Chocolate & caramel tart with hazelnuts

2 hrs 10 mins

Pear tart tatin

1 hr 20 mins

Ultimate pumpkin pie

2 hrs 30 mins

Frozen sour cherry & berry pie

1 hr 30 mins

Baked chocolate tart

1 hr

Chocolate clementine torte

50 mins

Brioche mince pies

1 hr 25 mins

Pumpkin pie with pecan crumble

2 hrs 50 mins

Sour cranberry Bakewell

1 hr 50 mins

Bourbon pecan tart

35 mins

Starry mince pies

40 mins

Hazelnut torte

1 hr

Chocolate & chestnut yule log

1 hr 20 mins

Banoffee Alaska

1 hr

Perfect mince pies

1 hr

Chocolate truffle chestnut torte

1 hr 10 mins

Buddy's mince pie pinwheels

40 mins

Baked Alaska mince pies

1 hr

Italian-style bakewell tart

1 hr

Christmas cake & bread recipes

Dutch baby pancakes with roasted plums

50 mins

Prune & Armagnac cake

1 hr 30 mins

Spiced doughnuts

1 hr 30 mins

My Nan's St. Clement's cake

50 mins

Griddle-pan waffles

35 mins

Apple pepper pot cake

1 hr 25 mins

Fruit & nut topping for Christmas cake

15 mins

Jaffa cakes

40 mins

Sour cherry stollen

1 hr 35 mins

Cranberry & cinnamon swirl buns

1 hr 35 mins

Christmas couronne

1 hr 25 mins

Stollen

1 hr 20 mins

Scrumptious yule log

45 mins

Baked cheesecake with fig compote

1 hr

Chocolate clafoutis

40 mins

Individual hazelnut and chocolate clafoutis

40 mins

The best coffee & walnut cake

45 mins

The perfect Christmas gift

Simply Jamie on a wooden table with holly decoration

Simply Jamie: Signed Edition

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The perfect gift

Simply Jamie: Signed Edition

This signed edition of Jamie's latest cookbook is the perfect gift for the foodie in your life.

Vegan & gluten-free Christmas bakes

Gluten-free Christmas pudding

30 mins

Gluten-free mince pies

40 mins

Epic vegan chocolate cake

50 mins

Gluten-free chocolate brownies

1 hr 20 mins

Vegan chocolate, cherry & honeycomb parfait

1 hr 45 mins

Mini vegan doughnuts

50 mins

Gluten-free blondies

45 mins

Gluten-free pumpkin pie

2 hrs 45 mins

Gluten-free chocolate cake

50 mins

Flourless chocolate cake

1 hr 30 mins

gluten-free ginger, pear and almond cake

Winter ginger, pear and almond cake

Gluten-free waffles

30 mins

Fruit & nut topping for Christmas cake

15 mins

gluten free raw mince pies with fruit on top and coconut

Raw vegan mince pies

Vegan bread & butter pudding

1 hr

Vegan chocolate pots

10 mins

Roasted pear with walnut & ginger filling

50 mins

Saffron-poached pears

2 hrs 15 mins

Dairy-free chocolate truffles

30 mins

Dairy-free vanilla ice cream

35 mins

A traybake of chocolate vegan brownie next to a portion on a plate with ice cream

Vegan chocolate brownies

40 mins

Salted miso brownies

Dairy-free chocolate mousse

15 mins

Food Allergy Mums’ Christmas mince pies

30 mins

Trifles & chilled desserts

Retro arctic roll

40 mins

Winter bombe

20 mins

Black Forest trifle

45 mins

Mum's sherry trifle

Epic chocolate trifle

2 hrs

Boozy pears & chocolate

10 mins

Christmas tiramisu in a large serving bowl with grated chocolate on top

Tiramisù

40 mins

Mike's limoncello tiramisù

35 mins

Best tiramisù

30 mins

Christmas colchester pudding

1 hr 50 mins

Dolly’s bramble trifle

30 mins

Christmas cake trifle

30 mins

Taron's mum's Christmas trifle

1 hr

Black forest frozen cheesecake

1 hr 30 mins

Mulled wine sorbet

15 mins

Leftovers affogato

5 mins

A tall glass of Christmas pudding and ice cream sundae with a spoon on the right

Jamie's leftover Christmas pudding and ice cream sundae

20 mins

Retro trifle

30 mins

Home sweet home - Gingerbread house

1 hr

Figs in honey

4 hrs 5 mins

Honey roast fig and amaretto ice cream

Banoffee sundae

25 mins

Epic ice cream cake

1 hr 10 mins

Ice-cream sandwiches

50 mins

Mike's limoncello tiramisù

35 mins

Clementine jelly

10 mins

More delightful desserts

Coconut penny toffees

30 mins

White chocolate & cranberry cookies

35 mins

Grilled peaches with brandy & bay

25 mins

Down Under berry pav

Mint choc teacakes

1 hr 30 mins

Pistachio, lemon & thyme nougat

50 mins

Spiced flapjacks

55 mins

Profiteroles

1 hr

Peanut butter fudge

30 mins

Christmas crumble

1 hr

Magnificent marshmallows

50 mins

Chocolate surprise truffles

25 mins

Clementine jelly

10 mins

Peach cobbler

50 mins

Eggy bread

30 mins

Tangerine, chocolate & vanilla salad

20 mins

Christmas ice cream sundae

35 mins

Ultimate gingerbread

25 mins

Pears in Amarone

1 hr 10 mins

Jamie Oliver standing with friends and family while holding a tray with a bombe cake that has sparklers and two oranges.

Festive feasts

Christmas hub

All the recipes you need to make cooking this Christmas easy and downright delicious.