Christmas Fruit Cake

These gingerbread cookies are made with carob syrup instead of molasses and perfect to add to your Christmas cookies recipes.

Kydonopasto is a Greek traditional, aromatic dessert made by slowly simmering fresh quince fruit with sugar, water, and a touch of lemon juice.

Diples (pronounced diip-LESS), which means folded, is another traditional Christmas sweet pastry, made in many parts of Greece especially in the Peloponnese. These are the desserts they serve at weddings, christenings, engagements etc. but are also very popular during Christmas.

Melomakarona are spicy Christmas olive oil and semolina cookies drenched in a honey syrup and sprinkled with walnuts on top.

"Melomakarona" (honey cookies) is a traditional recipe made during Christmas. The cookies are made with olive oil and drenched in a honey syrup, with lots of walnuts on top.

The traditional Greek baklavas, is made with many layers of thin sheets of "phyllo kroustas",  which are brushed with butter, with various kinds of nuts and spices added between the layers and sweetened with honey syrup.

Nanaimo Bars are a classic Canadian Christmas dessert. They are made with a chocolate biscuit base, coconut, and walnut crust then topped with a layer of custard and topped with chocolate.

This Christmas Chocolate Wafer Coconut Roulade is made with a biscuit base crust and is filled with pastry cream, topped with chocolate ganache.

A Yule log (or bûche de Noël in French, is a traditional Christmas dessert made of a yellow sponge cake which is shaped into a roulade in order to create a chopped branch.

Ever since the British occupation of Cyprus, Christmas cake has been a big part of our holiday celebrations. Many families have a traditional recipe for a Christmas Cake and ours is no exception.

A traditional Christmas cake recipe which is filled with homemade fruit preserve, as well as nuts, raisins brandy and treacle.

Vanillekipferl are cookies which originate from Austria and can be found in many other countries such as Germany, Hungary and otheer Eastern European counties.

These chocolate kourabiedes are made with buffalo milk butter and cocoa powder and filled with dark chocolate and orange preserve.

These truffles are an ingenious way to use up leftover kourabiedes, melomakarona, Christmas Cake, or Cookies.

Melomakarona with Pecans are one of our Christmas traditional cookies which are infused in honey.  They have no butter, no eggs, nothing dairy but they are so tasty you cannot just eat one. 

These kourabiedes are adapted from the famous Greek pastry chef, Stelios Parliaros.

These aromatic Kourabiedes (Greek Christmas cookies) are flavoured with vanilla and citrus blossom water.

Kourabies (pl. kourabiedes) are the Greek shortbread cookies made during Christmas. In the older times, before the use of the mixer, these cookies needed elaborate preparation and that was done by hand, so these were made for special occasions such as weddings, christenings and other celebrations.

This Black Lava Orange Gateau, is easy to make and was made out of leftover Christmas Cookies.  Everyboday gets fed up of eating the same cookies for many days, so I decided to use my leftovers and make a new dessert which we enjoyed after the holidays!

Traditional Glühwein recipe with history, spices, serving tips and Greek wine suggestions. Learn how to make classic mulled sweet wine at home for winter gatherings.

Discover two unique panettone recipes with Greek fruit preserves, one with bergamot for a raisin-free version, and another with mixed citrus, figs, and raisins.
Learn tips for dough handling, fermentation, and enriched bread techniques.