Christmas dessert recipes
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Watch and follow along as the Woman's Weekly cookery editor, Sue McMahon, creates a delicious Black Forest trifle - it's a great alternative to the traditional Christmas Pudding.
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Make your own brandy butter to smother over delicious, homemade Christmas pudding in 5 minutes with this easy recipe
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The addition of pears to this recipe turns a festive drink into a winter warmer dessert. Delicious!
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An elegant dinner party dessert made with sparkling Shiraz wine. It's easy to make and you'll impress your guests!
New recipes
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Star-shaped mince pies
These mince pies take a bit of time to prepare and you need…
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Christmas ice cream bombe
This is a great way to finish up Christmas cake or as an…
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's plum bread and butter pudding
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Christmas
Roast turkey and trimmings, cranberry sauce, Christmas pudding, Brussel sprouts,…
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Turkey
Roast turkey and stuffing, Woman's Weekly's turkey plus our turkey timer
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Stuffing
Sage and onion stuffing, cranberry and rice stuffing, pork parcels with Brazil…
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Mince pies
Gluten and dairy-free mince pies, luxury mince pies and mincemeat croissants
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Christmas cake
Snow time Christmas cake, The Hairy Baker's fruit Christmas cake and angel cake
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Christmas pudding
Microwave Christmas pudding, luxury Christmas pudding, chocolate Christmas…
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Christmas party food
Mini Christmas dinner canapes, leek and cranberry strudels and mini mince pies
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Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve mulled wine, baked ham, potato and leek soup, turkey defrosting…
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Vegetarian Christmas
Courgette Christmas candles, Mary Berry's nut roast and vegetarian Christmas pud
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Christmas starter
Woman's Weekly smoked salmon tartare, Brussels sprouts soup and prawn cocktail
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Chocolate log
Traditional yule log, cranberry chocolate log and black forest roulade
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Gravy
White wine gravy, red wine gravy and turkey gravy
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Christmas leftover
Leftover turkey curry, ham and sprouts salad and cranberry mess dessert
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Sauce
Traditional cranberry sauce, bread sauce and how to make a white sauce video
Your favourite Christmas dessert recipes
Everyone loves sweet things at Christmas, but Christmas pudding isn't always the answer. If you're looking for alternative Christmas desserts, why not try one of these:
Turn a sherry trifle into a Christmas trifle
Today's food poll
What time do you usually have dinner?
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- 6pm - 7pm 37%
- 7pm - 8pm 21%
- 8pm - 9pm 5%
- Later than 9pm 4%