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Layers of silky coconut cream and sharp raspberry, topped with crunchy cacao nibs. Make them the day before.

A soft chocolate loaf with a hint of cinnamon, made without eggs or butter. Tie it with string for an easy gift.

Thin, crunchy gingerbread stars and people, spiced with ginger, cinnamon and cloves and made without butter.

No-bake snack bites made with dried peach, peanuts and coconut, then drizzled with pure cacao. A small, satisfying treat for lunchboxes, afternoons or Bonfire Night.

Smoky roasted sweet potato, red onion and black-eyed beans, finished with a creamy tahini and coconut drizzle and a scattering of toasted coconut. One tray, very little washing up.

Proper baked beans made from scratch with haricot beans, the same bean used in the tinned kind. Slow-simmered in a smoky tomato sauce and piled onto hot buttered toast.

A plant-based Christmas dinner can sit proudly in the middle of the table, not as a side dish for the one guest who does not eat meat. The secret is a centrepiece with real depth of flavour, plus trimmings cooked with the same care as any other year. Here is how to plan the whole plate, from nut ...

A homemade Christmas cake is one of the easiest festive bakes to get right, as long as you give it time. Most of the work happens before the oven goes on: choosing the fruit, soaking it, and lining the tin properly. After baking, the cake sits quietly in a tin for a few weeks while the flavours s...

Is panettone healthy? It looks lighter than Christmas pudding and it is made with sourdough, which has a good reputation. Still, it is an enriched bread made with butter, egg yolk and sugar, so it belongs with cakes rather than everyday bread. Below we look at what goes into a real panettone, wha...

A good Christmas tea tastes of oranges, cloves and cinnamon, much like mulled wine or gingerbread, but in a mug. It also makes an easy small present. Below we explain what goes into a Christmas tea, which of our festive blends are caffeine-free, and how to brew them well. What makes a Christmas t...

A tin of coconut cream is one of the most useful things to have in the kitchen. It makes a curry richer, whips into a dairy-free topping for Christmas pudding and gives desserts a silky finish without milk or cream. Here's how coconut cream differs from coconut milk, ten ways to use a tin, and ho...

Christmas pudding has been part of the British Christmas for well over a century, and today there is a version for almost every table: organic, gluten free, vegan or alcohol free. Stir-up Sunday, the traditional day for making the pudding, falls on 22 November in 2026. Here is the story behind it...