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Christmas Cake Recipes

Rich cheesecakes, old-fashioned fruitcakes, gingerbread, and red velvet cake. Get recipes and tips for the most festive Christmas cakes.

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Peppermint Cheesecake

With a dark chocolate crust and peppermint candies, this holiday-themed cheesecake recipe is easy to make and deliciously festive.

By Matt McBride

Hungarian Chestnut Cake

This flourless chocolate cake is made with pureed chestnuts, bittersweet chocolate, and rum. Topped with a rich chocolate ganache and served with rum whipped cream, it's a perfect dessert for special occasions.

By MARBALET

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Chocolate Yule Log

For your next baking project, try Chef John's Yule log, or Buche de Noel, a chocolate sponge cake roll filled with rich mocha buttercream and frosted with chocolate ganache.

By Chef John

Videos to Watch

Chocolate Yule Log

Red Velvet Cake

How to Decorate a Candy Cane Cake

Buche de Noel

Christmas Fruitcake

Marzipan Fruits

Chocolate Lava Cake

Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Glaze

Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Italian Cream Cheese and Ricotta Cheesecake

Cheesecake with Cranberry Glaze and Sugared Cranberries

Orange-flavored cheesecake is topped with a ruby-red cranberry glaze and sugared cranberries for an elegant dessert.

By LauraF

Christmas Wreath Cake

A really good fruit cake recipe, one you can eat the same day you make it; it's even better if you let sit for awhile. It's baked in a tube pan to make a wreath shape.

By Karen D.

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Eggnog Cheesecake III

A graham cracker crust is filled with a decadent mixture of cream cheese, sugar, eggnog and a hint of rum. Garnish with whipped cream and colored sugar, if desired.

By Bill Sinclair

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Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

This soft and spicy cake is flavored with molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Serve it with fresh whipped cream!

By Charles

Gluten-Free Fruitcake

Almond flour, brown rice flour, and potato and tapioca starches make for a dense but far-from-gummy fruitcake filled with nuts and colorfully festive mixed fruit.

By Buckwheat Queen

Mini Christmas Cakes

This fruitcake recipe makes 24 mini Christmas cakes that can be lavishly decorated to your liking, e.g. with fondant and snowflake patterns.

By Ita

The 12 Cakes of Christmas

You can keep the partridges in pear trees, the leaping lords, all those drummers drumming…We'll take these 12 Christmas cakes instead.

By Allrecipes

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Too Much Chocolate Cake

Start with a box of chocolate cake mix and add a few ingredients like sour cream and chocolate chips to make a moist, intensely-flavored chocolate cake that will win you First Prize from your friends and family.

By Denise

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Chantal's New York Cheesecake

Why go to the Cheesecake Factory to get a taste of this favorite dessert when you can make your own cheesecake at home with this recipe?

By Taliesen

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Carrot Cake III

A simple, moist, yummy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.

By Tammy Elliott

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Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake

This 5-star pumpkin cheesecake layers pumpkin and cream cheese for a delicious display, combining the best of two treats.

By Stephanie Phillips

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White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Raspberry sauce is swirled into the batter of a creamy white chocolate cheesecake. Garnish with white chocolate curls if desired.

By Cindy Catudal Shank

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Cake Balls

By using your favorite flavor of cake mix and coatings, you have a people-pleasing treat! The variations are unlimited, and they can be nicely packaged and given as gifts.

By Allison

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Golden Rum Cake

My family requests this rummy Bundt cake from me at all our get-togethers. The butter rum glaze makes it special. An easy way to glaze your cake is to pour half of the glaze into Bundt pan, reinsert cake, then pour the rest of glaze over the bottom of the cake. Let absorb well then invert back onto platter.

By Jackie Smith

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Granny Kat's Pumpkin Roll

A sweetly spicy, pumpkin-flavored cake is spread with a silky rich cream cheese filling and rolled up like a pinwheel. For easy lifting, line your baking pan with parchment paper. Chill the cake to set before slicing.

By Angela

Irish Cream Bundt Cake

Great tasting glazed Bundt cake with Irish cream baked in. Excellent for any time or any occasion.

By Sue Haser

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake VII

This pineapple upside down cake is made in an iron skillet. It's quick, easy and so beautiful.

By Anne

Fresh Strawberry Upside Down Cake

Fresh strawberries and mini-marshmallows create a delicious topping for light, yellow cake.

By parealtor313

Carrot Cake

Here's an old-fashioned carrot cake that's got more carrots than spice. Pecans can be substituted for walnuts.

By Marc Boyer

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Red Velvet Cake I

Red-tinted chocolate cake is covered with contrasting fluffy frosting for a stunning presentation.

By JJOHN32

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Red Velvet Cake

This classic red velvet layer cake is made tender with buttermilk. It's topped with a fluffy cooked white icing.

By Eleanor Johnson

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Chocolate Chip Cheesecake I

This is the best cheesecake I've ever had. People have offered to pay me to make these for them during the holidays!

By Jessica Jones

Mini Cheesecakes

Muffin tins are lined with paper baking cups and a vanilla wafer "crust," then filled with a lemony cheesecake batter and baked. Top with your favorite fruit pie filling, if desired.

By Ginny

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Chocolate Cookie Cheesecake

I don't know what to say about this recipe other than it is decadent and addictive.

By Millie Ellis

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Italian Cream Cheese and Ricotta Cheesecake

This is an authentic Italian cheesecake recipe handed down through generations. The results are a creamy, but not too thick, cheesecake that your family--Italian or not--is sure to enjoy.

By April Caudle

Christmas Cake Recipes

Inspiration and Ideas

Ultimate Cranberry Pudding Cake

Buche de Noel

Deep South Eggnog Cake

Chef John's Gingerbread with Lemon Glaze

Most Made Today

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Pecan Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Chef John's Chocolate Lava Cake

Pumpkin Dessert

World's Best Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Chef John's Red Velvet Cupcakes

Cherry Almond Pound Cake

Pecan Pie Cupcakes

Recipe of the Day

By Matt McBride

By MARBALET

By Chef John

Videos to Watch

Chocolate Yule Log

Red Velvet Cake

How to Decorate a Candy Cane Cake

Buche de Noel

Christmas Fruitcake

Marzipan Fruits

Chocolate Lava Cake

Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Glaze

Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Italian Cream Cheese and Ricotta Cheesecake

By LauraF

By Karen D.

By Bill Sinclair

By Charles

By Buckwheat Queen

By Ita

The 12 Cakes of Christmas

By Allrecipes

By Denise

By Taliesen

By Tammy Elliott

By Stephanie Phillips

By Cindy Catudal Shank

By Allison

By Jackie Smith

By Angela

By Sue Haser

By Anne

By parealtor313

By Marc Boyer

By JJOHN32

By Eleanor Johnson

By Jessica Jones

By Ginny

By Millie Ellis

By April Caudle