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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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White Fruit Cake Recipe - My mother has been making this fruit cake at Christmas time for as long as I can remember. My whole family loves it. I know there are a lot of people out there that have issues with fruit cake, but this recipe has converted even the most reluctant.

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White Fruit Cake

My mother has been making this fruit cake at Christmas time for as long as I can remember. My whole family loves it. I know there are a lot of people out there that have issues with fruit cake, but this recipe has converted even the most reluctant.

By Brenda

Hungarian Chestnut Cake Recipe - 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.

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 Recipe and Video - 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.

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

Christmas Fruitcake

Chocolate Yule Log

Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread

Red Velvet Cake

Buche de Noel

Italian Cream Cheese and Ricotta Cheesecake

Tiramisu Cheesecake

Chocolate Lava Cake

Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Glaze

Cheesecake with Cranberry Glaze and Sugared Cranberries Recipe - Orange-flavored cheesecake is topped with a ruby-red cranberry glaze and sugared cranberries for an elegant dessert.

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 Recipe - 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.

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.

Eggnog Cheesecake III Recipe and Video - 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.

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

Favorite Old Fashioned Gingerbread Recipe and Video - This soft and spicy cake is flavored with molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Serve it with fresh whipped cream!

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

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Gluten-Free Fruitcake Recipe - 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.

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

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

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

Too Much Chocolate Cake Recipe and Video - 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.

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

Chantal's New York Cheesecake Recipe and Video - 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?

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

Carrot Cake III Recipe and Video - A simple, moist, yummy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.

Carrot Cake III

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

By Tammy Elliott

Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe and Video - This 5-star pumpkin cheesecake layers pumpkin and cream cheese for a delicious display, combining the best of two treats.

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

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Recipe and Video - Raspberry sauce is swirled into the batter of a creamy white chocolate cheesecake. Garnish with white chocolate curls if desired.

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

Cake Balls Recipe and Video - 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.

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

Golden Rum Cake Recipe and Video - 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.

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

Granny Kat's Pumpkin Roll Recipe and Video - 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.

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

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

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

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Fresh Strawberry Upside Down Cake Recipe - Fresh strawberries and mini-marshmallows create a delicious topping for light, yellow cake.

Fresh Strawberry Upside Down Cake

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

By parealtor313

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

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

Red Velvet Cake I Recipe and Video - Red-tinted chocolate cake is covered with contrasting fluffy frosting for a stunning presentation.

Red Velvet Cake I

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

By JJOHN32

Red Velvet Cake Recipe and Video - This classic red velvet layer cake is made tender with buttermilk. It's topped with a fluffy cooked white icing.

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

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake I Recipe and Video - This is the best cheesecake I've ever had. People have offered to pay me to make these for them during the holidays!

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 Recipe - Muffin tins are lined with paper baking cups and a vanilla wafer

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

Chocolate Cookie Cheesecake Recipe and Video - I don't know what to say about this recipe other than it is decadent and addictive.

Chocolate Cookie Cheesecake

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

By Millie Ellis

Italian Cream Cheese and Ricotta Cheesecake Recipe and Video - 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.

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