Latest from Christmas cakes and pudding recipes

When making the cake, choose a large saucepan to heat the butter/fruit mixture so you ...

Store for at least one month before cutting

This cake doesn’t have the same keeping qualities as a traditional one but is so ...

I used Edmonds Gluten-Free flour for this cake

I like to use chopped dried apricots and/or craisins in the fruit mix — they ...

Simplicity is the key to this traditional Christmas dinner with a twist

To measure dry ingredients in a cup, spoon them lightly into the required level

And you just can't go wrong with a chocolate steamed pud

The original recipe uses figs, however being a prune fan, mum used prunes in hers instead

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This cake is chock-full of nuts (three quarters of the cake is nuts), it’s also ...

A quick and easy festive cake

Based on the Mangatainoka Christmas cake but using gluten-free flour

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