Decadent Christmas Desserts That Delight
From red wine to red velvet, yule log to toffee pudding, and peppermint to gingerbread, the holiday season is a time of festive foods and flavors. Bring the spirit of the season into your home with these delicious, decadent Christmas desserts to enjoy at your upcoming Christmas fete.
Cakes
With its full-bodied, rich flavors, red wine pairs perfectly with chocolate to form this decadent cake worthy of any delicious Christmas dinner.
Bring a little warmth to your Christmas dinner table with a Yule Log, or Buche de Noel, a traditional Christmas dessert made of sponge cake.
The flavors of a traditional fruitcake mingle with the buttery goodness of an upside-down cake in this surprisingly scrumptious slab.
Sparkling Cranberry White Chocolate Cake
A moist vanilla cake dappled with cranberries, topped with a dense white chocolate icing, and adorned with festive sparkling cranberries.
This quintessential Christmas cake is known throughout Texas and the South for its soft, velvety texture and mouth-watering cream cheese frosting.
Bundt Cakes
This thoroughly sweet and perfectly spicy confection is sure to spread joy to your dinner table this holiday season.
This dense, flavorful cake dripping with a rich icing made of milk, butter, and sugar and topped with sugared pecans is sure to please your Christmas dinner guests.
Fruits Wreaths
This meringue, with its crispy shell and custard-line interior, is topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit
for a delicate and delightful dessert.
As an alternative to traditionally rich and heavy Christmas desserts, this light and inspiring fruit pizza is a delectable and visually stunning addition to any Christmas meal.
Mousses
Bailey’s Irish Cream is a long time festive holiday favorite. Combined with chocolate, this mousse is incredibly light and fluffy.
Terry’s Chocolate Orange Mousse
Thick and creamy, this glorious concoction of cream, condensed milk, and Terry’s Chocolate Orange will have you singing Christmas carols at the Christmas dinner table.
Trifles
Rich layers of delicious brownies, chocolate peppermint sauce, and peppermint whipped cream merge to form a heavenly mountain of Christmas goodness.
Tiers of gingerbread cookies, no-bake gingerbread cheesecake, and caramel and whipped cream make this Gingerbread Cheesecake Trifle easy to make and perfect for a holiday crowd.
Pies
Eggnog, a heavy, spiced elixir spiked with a bit of rum, has been a Christmas tradition since colonial times
. This dense and boozy drink gets a make-over into a light and fluffy pie.
A homemade Oreo crust full of a soft, creamy peppermint filling and topped with whipped cream and white chocolate. A garnish of melted chocolate and crushed candy canes add a festive flare.
An Oreo pie crust full of Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake from your local Chick-fil-a restaurant and topped with heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, miniature chocolate chips and peppermint candies.
As the state pie of Texas, this wonderfully rich combination of flaky pie crust and buttery pecans wrapped in sugary sweetness is a palatable and pleasing people-pleasing pastry.
Puddings
A combination of moist sponge cake, finely chopped dates, and a toffee sauce served with vanilla custard or ice cream, Sticky Toffee Pudding is a classic British dessert that pairs well with any savory Christmas dinner.
Classic New Orleans Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
The perfect embodiment of frugality and decadence, if bread pudding is good enough to grace the tables of Commander’s Palace and Boucherie in New Orleans, it’s good enough to grace the dinner table at your next Christmas celebration.
No matter which festive holiday flavor you choose, any of these decadent Christmas desserts are sure to dazzle and delight your guests this Christmas season.
Please share your favorite Christmas desserts in the comments!