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A British Christmas

Christmas cake, pudding, mince pies and the big dinner.

A Christmas pudding, cut open
Photo: Lachlan Hardy · CC BY 2.0 (cropped)

A traditional British Christmas starts weeks early: the cake is baked and fed with brandy, the pudding is steamed and stored. This hub gathers the bakes, the timings and the kit.

Recipes

A British Christmas recipes

An iced and decorated Christmas cake

Recipe · 4 hr 30 min

Traditional Christmas Cake

A rich, dark fruit cake baked weeks ahead and fed with brandy until Christmas.

Kitchen & table

What you'll need

Buying guide

Pudding Basins for Steamed Puddings

Cake TinsPudding Basins

Part of British Isles cuisine.