# Need help with Christmas dessert recipes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-christmas-dessert-recipes/817139 "2018-07-02T04:02:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-christmas-dessert-recipes/817139/21 "2018-07-04T14:15:07Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > My French grandfather always had a St. Honore cake for New Years. It’s a little like a flatish croquembouche. (Croquembouche would work for Christmas, also buche de noel.) I’ve seen directions for the St. Honore cake. The saint himself is the patron saint of bakers, so I’m aware of him. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-christmas-dessert-recipes/817139/22 "2018-07-04T17:53:36Z")
In my heavily Scots family in Canada, Christmas always meant mince tarts, shortbread and plum pudding, set alight. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-christmas-dessert-recipes/817139/23 "2018-07-06T01:08:48Z")
Heavy Swedish background here - let me know if you would like my Mormor’s Pepparkakor recipe. I also have one for spice cake. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-christmas-dessert-recipes/817139/24 "2018-07-06T01:35:33Z")
Spice Cake! ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-christmas-dessert-recipes/817139/25 "2018-07-06T10:04:31Z")
You cant go wrong with a pavlova for an Australian Christmas - [https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/collections/pavlova-recipes](https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/collections/pavlova-recipes) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-christmas-dessert-recipes/817139.md?page=1)