What and how much did you bake over Christmas?

Nothing- we had a few shop bought cakes and bakes.

Nothing. It was sooo relaxed. Had z proper break.
Don't do it to yourself!!!

I cooked a lot but bard nothing

I always have a baking day once I’ve finished work…I potter around the kitchen all day and make as many baked goods as I can manage. Always mince pies and gingerbread, this year I made Nigella’s clementine cake which was a mistake because most of it went mouldy before we had chance to eat it. Ds2 made rocky road and I also iced the Christmas cake, but Dh made it. Well, 2 actually as he did one for his parents.
I enjoy it though - it marks the start of Christmas proper for me. If you don’t like doing it and find it stressful don’t do it!

Ahh @Lolare I used to bake a lot for Christmas too. I have only ever hosted my immediate family (ie the people who live here) and one or maybe two others but still always overbaked, so I sympathise.

I keep a note from year to year and have cut it down a lot.

I have ditched mince pies after the year when I threw a load out in February; I don't make a batch of brownies as they would be uneaten for too long; and I no longer make the Yule log as it really doesn't keep and no one is hungry enough on Chr Day.

I make two small Chr cakes and give one to a friend; and I make two batches of rocky road. I also make a half version of Nigella's glorious chocolate trifle (tho raspberry not cherry) and a hot chocolate pudding a couple of times. All that's left is some of the Chr cake.

I agree with some PPs – with a couple of tubs of chocs, sweet stuff you are gifted (likely with visitors) and everything else that you are eating anyway, loads of baking is not really needed (especially if the only people to eat it are some folk who don’t like cake haha. How are they related to me??).

No baking here
Tbh, we don’t have much baked stuff, just meals.

To the PPs who mentioned making gluten-free Christmas cakes, could I please ask what recipe you use? I am much better avoiding gluten and do quite a bit of g/f baking but haven't yet found a g/f Christmas cake recipe that doesn't result in a very crumbly cake!

My Christmas baking this year was Chrstmas cake (James Martin whisky cake recipe and lovely but not g/f), gingerbread with stem.ginger and glace icing, chocolate sponge for tiramisu, brownies, and am planning a tarte au citron for this weekend.

Absolutely nothing. I can't compete with M&S, Waitrose and Sainsburys Taste the Difference so don't even try. I can't be bothered with the mess of baking either. Shop bought goodies heated in the air fryer. Job done!

Apple,cinnamon rock cakes for DW and myself.

Nothing, DH does it. I didn’t even peel a potato. Baking wise he did cupcakes, cookies, bread, a puff pastry star thingy, a wreath and some pizza dough. Usually does a larger cake too but we had less visitors for various reasons.

Cheese and onion pies, raspberry cake, crumble and that was it baking wise. Tbh no one eats huge amounts of cake and then I end up eating it. Not going to bake anything sweet next year.

Biscuits for Santa, a Yule log, sponge for a trifle, sticky toffee pudding and since we are snowed in but still have some eggs we made a chocolate sponge today with vanilla buttercream

I made a Christmas cake
Mince Pies
Sausage Rolls.

I was happy with the amount I made - but I did over-buy at the supermarket, so I need to be a bit less gung-ho with the "just in case" purchases next year.

Nada
Zilch
Nothing
As I’d eat it all and put on half a stone. I can’t keep sweet things in our house hence my username!

I feel wiped out after Christmas, did so much baking this year, will definitely be dialling it back next year:

• mince pies
• milionaire shortbread
• sausage rolls
• chocolate chip cookies
• fudge
• Christmas cake
• chocolate florentines
• files dates
• apricot and cranberry sourdough
• Beef wellington

noting some of that isn’t baking but it wiped me out

How big are peoples’s freezers!?

Forgot to mention naan bread, croissants and pain au chocolat.

I did mince pies, sausage rolls and christmas cake as I do every year, then also made a chocolate tart for New Year.

I made:
Christmas cake
Mince pies (home made pastry/ bought mincemeat)
^ that’s it for ‘baking’.

I also did lots of cooking of meals, including Christmas lunch, but I didn’t make anything like the amount of different sweet/ cakey treats that you made, OP.

Poor you! I hope you are feeling better MikeRafone

I make pretty much everything, we just don’t like shop bought . I’ve probably made a rod for my own back as that is what everyone is used to now !
Christmas cake , I make 6 mini puds every few years , freeze the rest for the following year. Stuffing, bread sauce, cranberry sauce. Mince pies including mincemeat, easy and so much nicer . Chocolate log, red cabbage , red pepper relish. Probably more but I don’t want to sound like a complete martyr! I enjoy cooking and we all love eating !

A freezer load of three different soups for lunches
sourdough bread
mince pies
chocolate tiffin (plus gluten free version)
brownies
orange ice cream
mushroom wellington
sausage rolls
cheesy roll
cheese straws
honey biscuits
vanilla fudge
chocolate fudge
turjkey and ham pie
spinach leek and feta pie
apricot and walnut stuffing
all the trimmings for a roast with meat and veggie gravy
Semifreddo
Basque cheesecake
fruit compote
veggie chilli

shortcrust pastry homemade (easy in a good processor). Flaky pastry shop bought. DH made Yorkshire puddings. DD made Christmas Eve meal. DS made breakfasts. Rounded off with a Turkey and ham risotto on New Year’s Day, but more Turkey in the freezer for curries in the new year.

Christmas cake not yet started. That will keep me and DH going until late February.

all eaten. No food waste. All carefully planned. Much cheaper than ready made. We’re a household that likes good food and we like making it.

Baking is a real autumn comfort thing for me so I tend to bake gradually throughout the autumn months and freeze/store in advance for Christmas.Youngest DS also enjoys helping out so it's a nice thing to do with him. So this year we made

Christmas cake
Mince pies
Apple pies
Cranberry muffins
Chocolate cake
Chocolate orange cupcakes
Gingerbread loaf cake
Banana muffins
Ginger biscuits
Vanilla biscuits
Peppermint creams
Chocolate mousse

It sounds a lot but as I type this we only have 1/3 of a Christmas cake, a few cupcakes and a handful of mince pies left, so it all got eaten! We generally host for Christmas and Boxing Day (typically 11-12 people), and I always divide up the baked goodies and send guests home with a selection of their choosing, so it works well.

I love Christmas baking but I always buy the Christmas pudding as I much prefer the taste of a shop bought one!

I didn't host but I made;
2 x christmas puddings
2x christmas cakes
Gingerbread house
10 x ginger bread star christmas trees
Scotch eggs
Gala pie/plait

In my defence, Im gluten and dairy free so the shop bought options are shite, hence I make my own!