These are the best Christmas cake recipes to make (2025)

The 3 types of ginger in this recipe add some spicy warmth, but aren’t overwhelming. You can serve the cake as soon as its cool, but it will slice much more neatly after maturing.

Recipe: Fig and Ginger Christmas Cake

An afternoon tea classic in fruit cake form. The notes of coffee pairs beautifully with the sweet fruit and walnut crunch.

Recipe: Coffee and Walnut Christmas Cake

Swap out the cherries for whatever fruit you fancy in this Christmas cake, just make sure you keep the weight the same. Dried cranberries and roughly chopped dates would work well here too. For a more intense almond flavour, add 1/2tbsp extract to your cake batter.

Recipe: Cherry and Almond Christmas Cake

Fun to model and easier than you might think, these snoozing sugar robins make for an adorable Christmas cake decoration.

Recipe: Frosty Robin Cake

For our Christmas cake this year, we have soaked our fruit in rum and butter to give it a warm and creamy finish. Leave this cake to mature to get a deeper, richer flavour.

Recipe: Buttered Rum Christmas Cake

A Christmas cake fit for a crowd. This recipe is oh-so decadent with a good fruity squidge factor.

Recipe: Spiced Port and Orange Christmas Cake

A simple yet elegant decoration idea to decorate your Christmas cake. We’ve topped with our Amaretti biscuits for added festive flavour and flair.

Recipe: Acorn Wreath Cake

This Christmas cake offers real wow factor. The bright green trees are so easy to make and all together, create a magical forest topping for your Christmas cake.

Recipe: Magical forest Christmas cake

Adding dark chocolate and stout makes for a rich, juicy Christmas cake that's livened up with a generous pinch of spice and tangy citrus zest. Deliciously moist, it doesn't need to be fed while it's maturing.

Recipe: Chocolate Stout Christmas Cake

Our wintry Christmas cake decoration can be adapted to make the scene of your dreams.

Recipe: Silent Night Christmas Cake

Traditional dried fruits have been given a Caribbean lift with juicy mango, warming rum and spicy ginger for a lighter bake.

Recipe: Tropical Christmas cake

We celebrate two great British drinks, gin and tea, in this popular Christmas cake recipe.

Recipe: Gin and tea Christmas cake

Let our winter wonderland Christmas cake recipe transport you to a charming Swiss alpine village – it’s fun to make, too, with mini gingerbread houses for added festive flavour.

Recipe: Alpine Christmas cake

Dark chocolate and sour cherry add richness and unctuous texture to this deeply fruited cake. Delicious with a warm cup of coffee or a glass of brandy.

Recipe: Chocolate cherry Christmas cake

You can ice this fail-safe cake up to two weeks in advance, saving time in the busy lead-up to Christmas Day.

Recipe: Snowflake Sensation Christmas cake

Not a fan of classic fruit cake? Use Jamaican ginger or chocolate cake instead to jazz up this Christmas-worthy trifle.

Recipe: Christmas cake trifle