Stir-up Sunday recipes

A classic light, spiced Christmas pudding - so simple you don't even need any kitchen scales

Make this Christmas cake a couple of months in advance, if you can, and feed it with rum to give it time to mature and develop deep flavour and texture

Wow dinner guests with this stunning gluten free ice cream bombe for dessert. It's a great way to use up leftover Christmas pudding – and it's surprisingly easy to make!

A fruity pud, served with orange custard cream, makes the perfect end to the traditional Christmas meal

Make a gluten-free version of Christmas pudding for a dessert that's packed with festive spices and fruit

A homemade Christmas pudding is easy to make, then it just needs time in the steamer to turn it into a glorious, rich, fruity dessert. A festive classic

Has all the flavours of Christmas without being too heavy and can be made at the last minute too

Make this lighter version of a classic Christmas pudding as an alternative festive dessert. It’s packed with all the same fruits and spices, but swaps suet for butter

Impress your guests with this showstopping Christmas dessert, which can be made up to one month ahead

Get a head start on Christmas with James Martin's make-ahead pudding

The perfect treat to serve up for Boxing Day brunch, panettone is easy to make if you have a food processor fitted with a dough blade

BBC Good Food's show-stealing December 08 cover recipe - perfect if you fancy a change from the usual Christmas cake

An irresistibly tipsy passion fruit and Cointreau-laced pud that steams in half the time of a traditional Christmas pudding

Keep these festive favourites nice and simple or spice things up with some imaginative twists

A stunning cake that uses the 'boiling method' to plump up dried fruit. Decorate with pistachio paste trees and swirles of fluffy icing

A classic that every Christmas table should have. Make ahead and simply steam the puds to reheat on the big day

A twist on the classic Christmas pudding, our cherry version is served with silky dark chocolate, a rich brandy sauce and a dollop of double cream

This deliciously moist alternative to the traditional pudding was conjured up by combining sticky toffee pudding and carrot cake

Try sponge instead of fruit cake this Christmas. Our white chocolate cake is a crowd-pleaser and you can buy the meringue decorations, or bake them yourself

Bespoke festive puddings mean you can customise each one to individual tastes while keeping the rich fruity base the same

No rolling required! Press the raw, crumbly pastry directly into your tin for a short, biscuity finish. Our easiest mince pie recipe and great fun to make with kids

If you prefer a lighter, fruity Christmas pudding, share Sarah Cook's family recipe, which makes three sizes of pud

One of our most requested recipes – puddings don't get any better than this

Mix dried fruit, nuts, cranberries and maple syrup on Stir-up Sunday for this crowd-pleasing Christmas cake that improves as it keeps