If you are in the middle of organizing your Christmas party, you are probably already thinking about the Christmas menu. Whether for a festive coffee table or as a sweet end to the evening, Christmas cakes are a tasty temptation that is difficult to resist. In today's article we have selected some delicious Christmas cake recipes for you that will delight your palate and of course attract everyone's attention. Be inspired by our recipe ideas and decoration suggestions.
No-bake Christmas cakes – chocolate pudding cake
We have come across a recipe for a cake for Christmas that impresses with its chocolatey taste and will give you a real treat. Recipes for Christmas cakes, which can be modified as desired and can also be made without baking, are quick to prepare and meet your taste. See for yourself.
Ingredients:
- 100 g Butter
- 300g milk chocolate or dark chocolate, chopped
- 190 g sweetened condensed milk
- 200 g biscuits, crumbled (e.g. speculoos)
- 240 g roasted nuts (alternatively: soaked dried fruits, cherries, marshmallows or candied citrus peels)
- possibly 1 teaspoon Christmas spice
- For the glaze: 100g white chocolate, melted
Take a mixing bowl (1.5 L) and cover the inside with cling film. Now put the butter, chocolate and condensed milk in a saucepan and stir everything over medium heat until a homogeneous mixture is formed. Mix the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl and then stir in the chocolate mixture. Mix all the ingredients well and pour the cake mixture into the bowl. Chill for 2-3 hours. Finally, decorate the quick and easy Christmas cake with melted chocolate and a beautiful organza bow.
Red velvet cake with meringue kisses and cream cheese frosting
If you want to surprise your guests with a delicious dessert that is a real eye-catcher, you can prepare this colorful Christmas cake without a coating. You are welcome to design Christmas cakes and tarts in the typical winter colors, which make a breathtakingly beautiful decoration for the festive dessert. You can fill the red velvet cake with a cake cream of your choice. A buttercream or cream cheese frosting rounds off the great taste. For Christmas decorations you can use rosemary sprigs, cherries and meringue kisses.
You can find the recipe for the attractive American cakehere. For the cream cheese frosting you need the following ingredients:
- 225g cream cheese
- 125 g butter, softened
- 225g powdered sugar
- the pulp of a vanilla bean
For the cake filling, all the ingredients are mixed and whipped until a spreadable consistency is achieved. For the pretty meringue kisses you need:
- 3 Eiweiss
- pinch of salt
- 150g powdered sugar
- Juice of half a lemon
- red paste color
If you would like to prepare a noble cake with a stylish look for Christmas that pampers your senses with the aromatic Tiramisu taste, you can bake this Titramisu Ombré cake.
For the sponge cake bases:
- 225 g Flour
- 225 g Butter
- 225 g raw sugar
- 4 Owner
- 3 tbsp milk
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 TL Natron
- The pulp of half a vanilla pod
- 1 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 THE Espresso-Pulver
For the coffee syrup:
- 120ml water
- 80g raw sugar
- 2 THE Espresso-Pulver
For the mascarpone cream:
- 750 g Mascarpone
- 115g powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- The pulp of half a vanilla pod
- 25g dark chocolate
- 1 TL Espresso-Pulver
Mix all the ingredients for the cake bases and divide the dough into 3 parts: 1 x half of the mixture, stir in the espresso powder and then divide into two 15 cm diameter baking tins. 2 x a quarter of the dough, stirring in the cocoa powder into one portion and leaving the other portion as it is. Bake cake layers at 180 degrees.
Now boil the coffee syrup and let it cool down. Mix the ingredients for the mascarpone cream and divide the mixture in the same way as for the cake layers. Fold the espresso powder or chocolate into the respective cream portions and leave some of the mascarpone mixture white to create the great ombré look. Now you can finish the tiramisu ombré cake for Christmas. Spread the coffee syrup and let it soak in a little. To finish, layer the bases and apply the mascarpone layers.
Light Christmas cakes with mascarpone without gelatin
Another cake recipe idea for Christmas would be this delicious mascarpone cake, which is quick and easy to prepare. If you want to decorate cakes for Christmas, the decoration doesn't always have to be lavish and ostentatious. A delicate pine branch looks great on the festive dessert, don't you think?
Ingredients for the cake base:
- 3 Owner
- 65g sugar
- 45 g Flour
- 1 TL Vanilleextrakt
For the mascarpone topping:
- 300 g Crème double
- 350g white chocolate, chopped
- 250 g Mascarpone
Beat all the ingredients for the cake base with the mixer until the dough triples in size and becomes nice and fluffy. Bake the cake base in a springform pan (20 cm) at 180 degrees for 15-17 minutes and let it cool. For the chocolate mascarpone topping, warm the cream, add the white chocolate and stir with a whisk until the chocolate has melted. When the mixture has reached room temperature, add the mascarpone and mix the mixture with a hand mixer until smooth. Pour the chocolate mascarpone cream over the cake and chill it for at least 2 hours.
Christmas cake with speculoos buttercream
We also associate Christmas with the typical aromatic spices that shape the traditional taste of the pastries. We have selected a recipe for Christmas cake cream that you can combine with vanilla and chocolate cake bases. For the speculoos buttercream you need the following ingredients:
- 400 ml milk
- 400 g Butter
- 350g powdered sugar
- 15 speculoos
- 2-3 teaspoons spice
Put the butter in a saucepan and let it heat over medium heat until it turns a light golden yellow color. Pour the butter into a bowl, let it cool down and put it in the fridge for about 40 minutes. Finely paint the speculoos and cook with the milk, stirring constantly, until the milk thickens. Remove the cream from the heat and stir in the speculaas seasoning.
Now beat the solidified butter. Then add the already cooled pudding and the powdered sugar spoon by spoon and mix everything until you get a smooth buttercream. Chill the cream for another half hour. You can also use the speculoos cookies as a beautiful winter cake decoration. Spiced up with icing, you can transform the cookies into beautiful decorations.
Ideas for Christmas cake decorations
What the thematic decoration of yourhomemade cakeWhen it comes to Christmas, you can let your imagination run wild. For example, you can make small Christmas trees out of marzipan and transform the cake into a beautiful, wintery forest landscape. You are welcome to shape the holiday cake like a tree trunk and decorate it with edible mistletoe made from marzipan.
Fondant cake for Christmas
An elegant oneFondant Tortefor Christmas would also be an excellent idea. You can create great decorations with decorative fondant. You are welcome to cover the festive cake completely with fondant. The fondant blanket is then an ideal stage for other magically beautiful fondant motifs with which you can make your cake an eye-catcher.
