Christmas and New Year

Festive Pesto Pasta Salad: Christmas Eve Dinner

Bowl of pesto pasta salad with penne, halved cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil leaves on a wooden table.

A Festive Pesto Pasta Salad is the kind of dish that quietly solves multiple Christmas hosting dilemmas at once. It’s colorful enough for a Christmas parade potluck, flexible for Christmas Eve dinner ideas for a large group, and light enough…

Traditional Christmas Fruit Cake

A sliced traditional Christmas fruit cake studded with dried berries and nuts, placed on a wooden board with festive decorations. A lit candle and blurred Christmas lights in the background create a warm holiday glow, while scattered nuts and frosted berries add to the cozy scene.

The Traditional Christmas Fruit Cake is a quintessential blend of dried fruits, nuts, and spices, all soaked in rum or brandy for weeks, spices mellow into the batter, and the baked cake ages slowly until the flavors bloom.

Easy Vanilla Snowflake Cake Recipe

An enticing white vanilla snowflake cake for Christmas placed on a white plate and frosted with white cream.

Capture festive magic with this easy vanilla snowflake cake. A tender, oil-based vanilla sponge baked into demo-friendly layers and adorned in wintery white buttercream, decorated with snowflakes for a Snowflake Christmas cake design that’s elegant, effortless, and a real holiday…

Red Velvet Cake with Peppermint Frosting and Buttermilk

An elegant red velvet cake placed on a white cake table

Indulge in the festive elegance of an easy red velvet cake crafted with tangy buttermilk for a supremely moist red velvet cake recipe. This simplified yet show‑stopping dessert features a cool and creamy peppermint frosting that brightens holiday celebrations. Whether you’re…