Five classic Christmas dessert recipes from the pastry team at Hayfield Manor

From mince pies to yule log, here are some festive recipes from the team at the five-star hotel
Five classic Christmas dessert recipes from the pastry team at Hayfield Manor

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Synonymous with exquisite afternoon tea, who better to create our Christmas dessert spread than the creative pastry team at Hayfield Manor. Working under executive head chef Mark Staple, executive pastry chef Marco Marongiu and his team share their glorious festive treats...

Hayfield Manor's Christmas cake

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Hayfield Manor's Christmas cake

Servings

6

Time Cooking

2 hours 0 mins

Total Time

2 hours 0 mins

Course

Baking

ingredients

  • 60g Raisins

  • 60g Sultanas Golden

  • Currants 60g

  • Candied Peel, Orange Chopped 45g

  • 15g Cherries, Diced Glacé

  • Apricots, Glacé Dried Diced 15g

  • Brandy Tbsp 2

  • Tbsp Liqueur 1 Sherry

  • 125g Butter

  • Brown Sugar 125g

  • ½ Lemon Zest

  • Tbsp Marmalade 1

  • Eggs 2

  • 155g Flour

  • Mixed Spice 1 Tsp

  • Cinnamon Ground 1 Tsp

  • Salt Of Pinch

  • Flaked 60g Almonds

  • 1 Brandy Tbsp

  • Syrup The for Brandy

  • 100ml Water

  • 100g Sugar

  • 20ml Brandy

  • Fondant The for

  • 1 Icing Aside (set Sugar Tbsp 250g Rolling) For Fondant

  • 4–5 Water Tsp

  • Dtsp 1 Cornflour

method

  1. Heaped Icing A The But The Bowl Fondant, Centre Tablespoon) Sugar Into And Large Sifting By (all A In Making Begin Well 1 The Making

  2. Any Until Stiff More Stir With It To Wooden Water, A Teaspoonful Time, Spoon Stir The At And A A Is Too Add

  3. The Icing For Icing Smooth Little Be Sugar, Run Icing Clean, Form Over Onto A Before Out It Little The Pletely Into A Water Your Is Knead Dusted Cold Until Fingers) Kept If 3 Smooth, A Hands, Days The Knead Your The 3 Ball Reserved With In Dry (if Or Dry More A Minutes About Surface Is Turning For Wrapped Icing Tightly In Can Sugar Using It Fridge Sticky,

  4. 2 Leave Of Day And Mix The Sherry Brandy Cherries, Orange Raisins, Overnight Sultanas, Peel, Apricots, Steep Tbsp The Before Baking, Currants, To And

  5. Brown In A With A The Next With Mixing Butter In Fitted Until Paddle Light Bowl, Attachment, Day, Sugar Colour Mix

  6. The One Eggs, Marmalade Add Zest And Add One By Lemon The

  7. Butter Add Mixture Spice, Of Incorporated, In The Add Mix A Brandy Cinnamon And The The Flaked Is To Mixed And Almonds And Salt The Tablespoon Separate When Bowl, Flour, Well Mix

  8. 8 With From Day For And At Form 30 Mix For Bake Minutes An Inch 1 And Hour Round An Foil Fruit 150°c, Lastly, Cover Extra The Pour Into Add The Bake Before Tin

  9. Brandy Soon The Hot Syrup Over Before Tin The 30 For Brandy Of To Make As Leave 20ml Cool From Oven It The Water, Es Out The A Of And Boiling The As Minutes Sugar By Pour Removing Syrup Cake

  10. Cornflour, And The Quarter The Dusted Turns Surface Roll Of And Giving After Keep Out A Icing A Clean Each Onto Roll Icing Mix Sugar It With

  11. Rolled Once Cake To To Trim Is Over The Drape Size, Decorate As Fit Soon The Possible As Right It And

Hayfield Manor's Christmas Pudding

Cream Or With Serve Custard

Hayfield Manor's Christmas Pudding

Servings

6

Time Cooking

8 hours 0 mins

Time Total

8 hours 0 mins

Course

Main

ingredients

  • 55g Sultanas

  • Raisins 55g

  • Currants 55g

  • Glacé 25g Cherries Chopped

  • Orange Peel 25g Candied

  • Tbsp 2 Brandy

  • Melted 37g Butter,

  • Sugar Brown 55g

  • 1 Egg

  • Juice And ½ Zest Of Lemon

  • Flour Plain 22g

  • Almonds 25g Flaked

  • 35g Breadcrumbs

  • Tsp ½ Nutmeg

  • ½ Tsp Spice Mixed

  • Pinch Of Salt

  • 100g Water

  • 100g Sugar

  • Brandy 20g

method

  1. Of And Currants, Orange Of Peel Sultanas, Baking, Alcohol Tbsp To The Overnight The A Brandy Leave Raisins, In Ahead Cherries, Day 2 Steep Mix

  2. And Lemon Mix The Zest Followed The Egg, Butter Day, Next With Brown Of Juice The Sugar The Melted By Add

  3. Bowl, Almond, Mix A Breadcrumbs, Flaked The Mix Salt And Plain Nutmeg, The Separate Flour, Butter Incorporate In And Spice To Mixed

  4. The 100°c You Make Can At The Tray A Pudding Have At Half Covered Steam Oven In The In The Pour Bowl, In Fill Water, Into Bain Tray Oven, Not Marie With A And Film If Cling Pudding Bowl A Cover Standing The Do 100°c Batter With You Place Bake Steam Oven A And

  5. Bake Overnight

  6. Small Out It Remove And And Bowl Oven A Boiling From Make Brandy Water, The Brandy Once The Syrup Of Sugar Hot Cool, Pour Amount Cream Soon A Syrup As Custard Of By As The Of The Serve Pudding With Over 20ml Es Or

Hayfield Manor's trifle

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Hayfield Manor's trifle

Servings

6

Preparation Time

3 hours 0 mins

Cooking Time

60 mins

Total Time

4 hours 0 mins

Course

Dessert

ingredients

  • The for Custard

  • Yolks 8 Egg

  • 200g Sugar

  • Plain 70g Flour

  • 500g Milk

  • Swiss for The Roll

  • 3 Eggs

  • 125g Sugar

  • Plain 50g All Purpose

  • Flour Or Gluten Free Flour

  • Vanilla Essence

  • Jam Strawberry

  • Jelly for The

  • Jelly, Fruit Any Flavour Packed 1

  • to Assemble

  • Cream Whipped

  • Fresh Mixed Berries

method

  1. Return Sugar And The Flour Continuously The The Mixing And Batter, In Milk, Boil Hob A The The Yolk Add for Bine Over Bowl Custard: To And Mix Egg The Pour

  2. It Starts Aside Heat Three Continue Minutes Fridge The Extra And Over A From Boil Stirring The Heat Low Until Set Cook It An Required Transferring Cool Let Until To To For Remove Before

  3. Essence And Light Swiss Sugar Until The Whisk Roll: By Followed Sieved Flour The Add The With Vanilla Eggs The for Fluffy

  4. With 200°c A Parchment For Paper In Cool Leave Fan Lined Minutes Tray And Over Oven Assisted 5 Bake Pour To A At

  5. The To Even Strawberry Firm It Once Minutes In Thin, Or Ensuring Freezer Sponge’s Across Fridge The Cool Roll Sponge A A Roll The For Even Carefully Surface Jam Into Up A Swiss Layer Spread Shape, Roll 30 Place Tight, Of

  6. Once Small, Slices Into Chilled, Slice Finely Swiss The Even Roll

  7. As Place To Specified Into The In The The The Jelly Packet Takes Mixture Typically Of Bowl Fridge Or Jelly: The The A On On And Packet Set Jelly Follow for 3–4 Pour Hours This Instructions

  8. Assemble, Line Ensuring To Salad Removal For Film, The Large Cling Bowl It Overhangs Assemble: Easy Edges to A With

  9. Create Roll Layering Swiss The Pressing Snug, A Inside Along Lining Bowl, The Even Begin Of The Gently To Slices

  10. Fully The Bowl Lined Of A Once With Mixture Custard Berries, Is Jelly The Whipped Filling: Fresh Add Chunks, Sponge, Cream And

  11. The Pletely Fill Centre

  12. Bowl And The Leave When Fresh Carefully Bowl Cover Fridge Ready In And Film Serve, Flip Set Berries Gently Plate A Overnight To The The Onto To Remove With A The Few Decorate Cling

Hayfield Manor’s Yule Log

Transferring The Serving A Ganache Before Set Let To Plate

Hayfield Manor’s Yule Log

Servings

6

Preparation Time

13 mins

Cooking Time

45 mins

Total Time

58 mins

Course

Baking

ingredients

  • Eggs 3

  • 125g Sugar

  • Flour Gluten All Free Flour Purpose Or Plain 50g

  • Powder Cocoa 20g

  • Filling The for

  • Water 100ml

  • Sugar 100g

  • Butter 150g

  • 150g Icing Sugar

  • Powder Cocoa 30g

  • Cherries Glacé

  • Ganache for The

  • Cream 200g

  • Chocolate Pieces 200g Dark

method

  1. Parchment Bake Incorporate And The In 5 Eggs Whisk And Pour Sugar Mixture The Minutes Lined At In The Mixture With For And Together Sieve Tray Paper And 200°c Evenly Flour A And The Fan Cocoa Powder A Carefully, Oven Light Until Fluffy Egg Into

  2. With The Aside And The Filling: make And Water Sugar Set Syrup By A It for Boiling

  3. Cocoa The Sieved Fluffy Add Well Whisk Icing Buttercream Sugar Powder The Butter To Light Until And Mix And

  4. Brush Sponge And Buttercream Small An , Top, Layer Even Buttercream With Some Spread The Amount In Syrup Into A A Use Of Them Glacé Cherries The Sugar On Brush, Add Pastry Layer Pressing The Cocoa

  5. The For 30 And Shape Swiss The Fridge Roll Minutes Create To Firmly In Set To Sponge Roll A Place Evenly

  6. Over Yule Well The Chocolate Ganache And To Cream Log Before Yule The The The Is The Pieces Smooth Log And The for In Set Set Serving The A Transferring Add Mix To Boil Once Ganache: Fridge, Let Plate

Hayfield Manor’s Mince Pies

Brown Festive These Golden A Mince Are Treat Pies

Hayfield Manor’s Mince Pies

Servings

12

Preparation Time

1 hours 30 mins

Cooking Time

20 mins

Time Total

1 hours 50 mins

Course

Baking

ingredients

  • 200g Butter

  • 100g Caster Sugar

  • Egg 1

  • Flour 300g

  • 200g Mincemeat

  • Wash – Egg Milk Egg And Yolk

method

  1. With Cream Together, The Flour Finish Sieved Add Butter Sugar The The And And Egg

  2. Tin 12 Garnish Out Into Cut And Round Rest Cutter, Press Pastry Hour Cut Dough It Their Pastry Rolling Tops For Out Discs Muffin Star To Out 1 A Hole The Before A Of Shapes Let With

  3. Pastry The Way Mincemeat The The Fill In The The With The Stars Three For And Top Up Put Minutes Quarters With Fridge To Tin For 30 Moulds, Firm

  4. Cool Egg Wire With For Brush 20 Minutes Colour At A Brown Until 180°c Wash On In Tray Golden Bake And

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