Holiday Baking Roundup

If you’re hosting this season and looking to impress, our red plum pavlova with its festive spiced cream is the ultimate medium-effort, maximum-reward treat. It looks gorgeous as a Christmas cocktail party centerpiece – and it happens to taste delicious, too.

Traditionalists, rejoice! We’ve got the quintessential Christmas dessert perfected for you. Don’t be intimidated – this one is well worth spending the time and effort making.

Traveling this Christmas and hoping to bake something that’s easy to transport? These spiced linzer cookies are all you need. Packed with seasonal spices and filled with a sweet and perfectly sticky jammy preserve, they’re like Christmas in cookie form.

Who says autumn spiced blondies are just for fall? Nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice are some of the most festive spices we can find, so we’re going to say these are a safe seasonal treat for the holidays, too. Make extras… because they go fast.

A winter classic through and through, this recipe takes traditional ginger molasses cookie and makes the flavor pop even more by adding in a healthy dose of black pepper. Just trust us on this – you won’t regret it.

If this carrot cake sounds too savory for you, stay with us. This cake has all the of the dense sweetness of a traditional carrot cake, plus an added herby (but not overly savory) punch from the rosemary icing sugar. Trust us when we say this would be a serious crowd pleaser at a Christmas lunch table.