For alcohol-free fruit cakes, replace the brandy with black tea or orange juice and proceed as per recipe. An alcohol-free version should be stored in the fridge and consumed within 1 month.

Only use food grade peppermint oil in this recipe as it is designed for consumption; do not use essential oils. Food grade peppermint oil can be found at specialty food stores, specialty baking stores or online.

This Tiramisu canelé recipe was first released by Lode Pies as a limited time recipe at their Surry Hills store in Sydney. It sold out in hours! Luckily, you can make them at home with your Thermomix®. Find our canelé mould on TheMix Shop.

You require a thick glaze to coat madeleines. Adjust the consistency of glaze by adding more lemon juice to make the glaze thinner or more icing sugar to make it thicker.

We recommend using a soft, sifted icing sugar for this recipe.

Recipe inspired by Maureen Jaeckel Thermomix® Independent Consultant New York.

For a more tender crumb, replace all-purpose flour with cake flour or pastry flour.

Another impressive-looking showstopper of a dessert that has all the hard work taken out of it with Thermomix®. The almond meringue makes lovely light, crunchy layers.

For alcohol-free fruit cakes, replace the brandy with black tea or orange juice. Proceed as per recipe. Cakes without alcohol should be stored in the refrigerator and consumed within 1 month.

The dough scraps can be kneaded again, rolled out on a floured counter top, cut out and baked into gingerbread men.

You can use any berries in this recipe except strawberries. Due to their high water content, strawberries are not recommended as this will affect the setting and consistency of your jam.

Create other animal shapes like hedgehogs or bunnies.

Fill the cakes with ganache, cream, custard or other filling of your choice. Search Cookidoo® for recipes.

Use royal icing recipe from Cookidoo® and top with more orange zest.

For best flavour and results, choose orange flesh cempedak which are more aromatic.

By clicking here, you can download a template of gingerbread houses for a mug. .

Psyllium, or psyllium husks are the ground husks of the seeds of Plantago ovata, an herbaceous plant. It gives gluten-free doughs more volume and elasticity, contributing to a spongier crumb texture. It acts on doughs in the same way as guar gum or xanthan gum with better results. Not suitable for people allergic to egg proteins or nuts. Never buy in bulk (pulses, cereals, spices, seeds, flours, etc.) due to risk of cross contamination.

Fill your croissants before baking with 1 tsp of jam or hazelnut spread in the centre of the triangles in step 4 before rolling.

Pinch the seams well to let out air bubbles and avoid leaks when baking.

To make your own pistachio cream, see Cookidoo® for a recipe.

Individual steamed sticky date puddings: half-fill 12 lightly greased silicone cupcake moulds with mixture. Place into Varoma dish and onto Varoma tray (allow at least a 1-2 cm gap around the top of the cupcake moulds as the puddings will rise during steaming). Place 1500 g water into mixing bowl and place Varoma into position. Secure Varoma lid and steam 23-30 min/Varoma/speed 1, depending on the size of your puddings. Puddings are cooked when a wooden skewer inserted into the centre of a pudding comes out clean. Repeat with remaining batter in batches as required.

Thanks to one of our amazing New Zealand Thermomix® Consultants, Chloe Waru, for this recipe. It's beyond mouth-watering and will top your Christmas treat list, for sure.