Classic Delia Smith mincemeat is a rich mix of Bramley apples, suet, dried fruit, candied peel, dark brown sugar, spice and brandy. One batch fills …

From her own cookbooks, explained simply

Classic Delia Smith mincemeat is a rich mix of Bramley apples, suet, dried fruit, candied peel, dark brown sugar, spice and brandy. One batch fills …

Fruity Delia Smith tea bread is her Irish fruit loaf of raisins, currants, sultanas and peel, soaked overnight in hot tea. Next day you stir …

Iced Delia Smith Irish whiskey Christmas cake comes as four small fruit cakes, soaked a week in Irish whiskey, with marzipan and whiskey icing. You …

Flourless Delia Smith Italian chocolate nut Christmas cake is a dense dessert cake of dark chocolate, hazelnuts, walnuts, brandy and orange peel. You grind the …

Jewelled Delia Smith light fruit cake is her pale Christmas cake, full of glacé pineapple, apricots, coloured cherries, walnuts and sultanas. You whisk the mixture …

Speedy Delia Smith last-minute Christmas cake is her mincemeat fruit cake, made with a jar of luxury mincemeat and dried fruit soaked in brandy. After …

Delia Smith sticky date cake is her boil-and-bake fruit cake, full of dates and prunes and made with condensed milk instead of sugar and eggs. …

Old-fashioned Delia Smith boiled fruit cake is her aunt’s fruit cake of mixed dried fruit, brown sugar and margarine, simmered before baking. You simmer the …

Classic Delia Smith parkin is a dark, oaty ginger cake made with medium oatmeal, syrup and black treacle. You stir the melted syrup, treacle, butter …

Delia Smith banana and butterscotch trifle is her rich pudding for special days, with Madeira-soaked sponges, butterscotch, bananas, custard and cream, for 6 to 8. …