We have a super-special festive cheesecake, too – baked Alaska cheesecake is a combination of creamy vanilla cheesecake, vanilla sponge and berries covered with baked meringue. Luscious. The Collection chocolate torte is new and vegan-friendly, too. Slice into a dark chocolate ganache smothering a crunchy biscuit base topped with dark chocolate. If you’ve gone a little too hard on the turkey, our smaller puds and treats are the answer. Mix and match to create your own version of a restaurant-style small dessert plate, or pile up a platter with a variety and let everyone dig in. Choose from Collection chocolate pine cones – a chocolate mousse confection filled with chocolate sauce, dipped in dark chocolate and finished with a dusting of sugar, or serve mini melt in the middle puddings:velvety chocolate puddings, with a hidden melted chocolate centre.

JStar16 Great cake for a party Really tasty cake for children’s party and a good base to then decorate further Farlymum Excellent wedding cake Excellent cake ,used as a wedding cake for a small wedding receotion .decorated it ourselves. Everyone said how lovely the cake looked and tasted. Well done M&S for delivery and excellent quality . Collected cake on due collection day with a text telling me it was ready . Overall .. briilanr service and excellent cake .. and the suze was perfect for the amount it stated . Flossy1968 Not as nice Bought this cake before was soft and light tasted amazing bought one satda only had 5 days date on cake was hard and dry very let down not up to usual standard Mr Rix Stop using polystyrene tubes as a filler. It would have been 5 stars apart from the horrid polystyreme tube wotsit looking thigs that you used as a filler this year underneath the shredded straw. It has always just been shredded straw in previous years. The polystyrene this year looks cheap and nasty.

Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well in-between. Fold in the flour, ground spice, baking powder and salt. But for those who can't be bothered to make their own, the supermarkets sell some excellent options. I tried Christmas cake bars from Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Aldi and Asda to find the best one and there was a clear winner.

For a gluten-free option, there’s clementine frangipane: ground almond sponge soaked in clementine orange syrup and topped with flaked almonds, candied orange peel and decorated with an icing drizzle. The icing was quite hard but had pretty Christmas tree shapes on top which I thought was cute. There was also a strong taste of almond running through the marzipan and sponge.

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GMCAV Perfect for parties and good quality Excellent for parties and delicious flavour. All my friend love it null Christmas in a basket. Wow. So many delicious and naughty Christmas treats. Some lovely wines and chocolates, biscuits and nuts. Tried to buy more of the Christmas pudding flavour biscuits, but sold out everywhere. The non alcoholic juice came in handy for visitors who helped share the bounty. Basket was very sturdy and will no doubt be useful for years to come. Looking forward to next years hamper already.Asda's Christmas bar stood out for its texture. Unlike the others which were rather dense, this one was a lot lighter and somewhat fluffy. I would describe it as 'cake-y'. The sultanas were big and juicy and the crumbs were nice and soft. The icing was very sweet. Prepare the tin: line the base and sides with a double layer of parchment paper. Then make a 'lid' out of parchment paper. Do this by cutting a circle slightly smaller than the diameter of the cake tin. Cut a 20p sized hole in the centre and set aside. Stir in the orange zest and 1 tbsp orange juice. Fold in the floured dried fruit and blanched almonds. For some family members, Christmas wouldn’t be the same without traditional treats, like Christmas pud, trifle or profiteroles. Our new Collection perfectly matured Christmas puddingis bursting with vine fruits, cherries, almonds and festive spices and comes wrapped in a decorative reusable tea towel.