Gingerbread is the taste and smell of Christmas, and no house is complete without the delicious scent of a fresh batch in the kitchen for all to enjoy. Get baking with our 41 recipes, perfect for the festive season.
Round #8 of the delicious. Bake Club is all about getting in the festive cheer ahead of Christmas. Try your hand at this gingerbread house recipe and get ready to dazzle your friends and family this season. For more, see delicious.com.au/bakeclub
If you're looking for the ultimate gingerbread house recipe, you've found it. Well, technically this is a gingerbread greenhouse as this recipe includes lattice gelatine windows to peer into the most magical festive setting.
No Christmas is complete without gingerbread people. Grab some icing and get the whole family involved in this fun recipe. You'll need gingerbread people cookie cutters (we used 13cm x 10.5cm and 12.5cm x 10.5cm cutters to make 16 gingerbread people) and a piping bag with a 2mm opening for this recipe.
“A light-as-air gingerbread sponge with a boozy vanilla custard is a great combo that just screams Christmas.”
If you can't quite get enough of gingerbread, in and out of the festive season, this cake is an easy solution.
“Preserving ginger at home is an affordable, easy, waste-free way to use up any knobs of ginger you have lying around in your fridge. It also makes for a lovely edible gift-giving idea.” – Tracey Pattison
“This stunning yet effortless trifle is the perfect show-stopper dessert for Christmas, and you don’t need to tell anybody how easy it was to put together!” – Lucy Nunes
Spice up your presents and give the gift of ginger this year with these festive edible sticks!
Celebrate the Christmas spirit with these sweet festive treats. You'll need a piping bag with plain 5mm nozzle for this recipe.
Begin this recipe 8 hours ahead. You will need a kitchen blowtorch.
“This time of year brings out the traditionalist in many of us, and I think gingerbread is one of the nicest of the Christmas traditions. We’ve amped up the spice with the addition of crushed peppercorns and created a Christmas puzzle with ours." – Emma Knowles
A rich, unctuous chocolate ganache paired with a crisp, thin spiced tart shell is the perfect way to end a meal. This versatile recipe can be used to make individual tarts for a decadent dinner party dessert, or a whole tart that’s perfect to bring to a potluck lunch.
“This chilled dessert is for you if you refuse to turn on your oven in summer but still want to add an impressive dessert to a shared table. You can decorate the top as elaborately or as simply as you desire.” – Tracey Pattison
Perfect for a day baking in the kitchen with the kids.
"A twist on the classic Christmas gingerbread, this time in cake form. The cheesecake swirl through the centre adds a creamy surprise sure to delight." - Emelia Jackson
