14 Cakes to Bake for Christmas

Get ready to create some adorable Christmas cakes with the help of this quick and easy recipe guide. Perfect for beginner bakers, these festive pudding cakes will add the ideal finishing touch to your Christmas party table décor!

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It’s that time of year again and you know what that means: Christmas trees! Not the traditional kind, but delicious mini Christmas tree cakes! These simple treats are fun and easy to make, require only a few ingredients, and can be enjoyed at home or as a gift to a loved one.

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This spectacular nutcracker cake is the ideal centrepiece for your Christmas celebrations this year, providing the perfect seasonal showstopper.

Each of the nutcrackers are individually crafted using a silicone mould that features the most intricate of details, from the buttons and belt on the coat to a fleur-de-lis on his hat. All you have to do is decide what to make your nutcrackers from – sugar paste, flower paste, modelling paste, marzipan or chocolate, the possibilities are endless!

Project and instructions by Lucy Bruns.

Update your Christmas cake with this festive holly wreath design using decorated biscuits. The perfect recipe for your upcoming Christmas parties.

Follow our easy guide and create a festive bake to be proud of!

Bake a show-stopping Christmas cake this year by taking inspiration from a classic festive tune, sure to wow your guests and take pride of place at the centre of the dinner table. This cake utilises a round cake tin and rice crispy moulding to create a giant pear. Add the partridge design using Renshaw Ready to Roll Icing with the free template!

Is this not the most impressive Christmas bake you've EVER seen?! Combining a deliciously festive fruit cake with layers of marzipan and Renshaw Ready to Roll Icing, you can create your very own structural masterpiece that tastes delicious, too! Follow the instructions below by Baker Lucy Bruns, and make your very own modern, festive caravan camping scene.

Get your apron out and whip up this drool-worthy salted caramel chocolate cake – it's perfect to bake for Dad this Father's Day! It features an exciting new product, Sugar and Crumbs icing sugar, which comes in a range of super yummy flavours that make creating amazing tasting cakes easy!

Recipe by Sugar and Crumbs.

Christmas goes miniature this year, with these totally adorable mini gingerbread house cupcakes! This fun twist on a Christmas classic, the gingerbread house, is a great way to try out making gingerbread, paired with a reliable favourite, the humble cupcake!

Little hands will enjoy transforming these easy-to-make chocolate-frosted cupcakes into mini-reindeer. Follow the recipe below by Betty Crocker to make your own!

Bring a bit of nostalgia back to the kitchen with these retro lightbulb cupcakes! Go for primary colours for that classic Christmas string lights look, or pick your own favourite shades. A great quick and easy make for a party, bake sale or just a yummy afternoon snack!

If you've never tried Wilton's amazing Colour Swirl kit before, now is the time to try it – these Colour Swirl Christmas cupcakes are ideal for beginners and look amazing without being tricky at all. Top with gold sprinkles or stars for added Christmas cheer!

If you're looking to revamp your traditional Christmas cake this year, this beautiful gingerbread house cake decoration is the perfect way to do so. It takes a little skill with the piping bag but the designs can be as simple or intricate as you like- the design is up to you!

Discover how to create six super-cute and extremely delicious Christmas cakesicle designs with this beginner friendly guide. Decorated using a selection of easy-to-use Deco Melts, this easy-to-follow recipe is perfect to make and enjoy with the whole family during the festive season, or why not gift them to loved ones?!

These Christmas cakesicles will make a fantastic addition to any festive gathering, or why not enjoy one as a delicious snack on a cosy afternoon. They're almost too adorable to eat!

Project and instructions by Lucy Bruns

Use festive plunger cutters to achieve your best cupcake decoration yet! Plunger cutters are a must for any keen bakers looking to add a professional finish to their Christmas bakes. Easy to use, they are ideal for adding designs to sugar paste, gum paste and marzipan to name but a few.

These beautifully decorated Christmas cupcakes have been topped with gingerbread trees, meringue kisses and fondant holly, and are almost too pretty to eat!

Project and instructions by Lucy Bruns.