
The best Christmas ideas!
In this blog you'll find the best christmas ideas from the past couple of years. Every year this blog is filled with new Christmas inspiration! That way you'll be completely ready for the holidays and you'll always have the tastiest and most beautiful Christmas pastries, cupcakes, cookies, bavarois and more on the table.
Go straight to the best ideas for Gingerbread cookies, sponge cake and tartelettes, Christmas cakes or Christmas desserts.
Gingerbread Cookies
Gingerbread Cookies, in Dutch called 'peperkoekjes', are a huge part of Christmas! In this blog we've collected the best gingerbread recipes for you. You can make all recipes using the FunCakes mix for Gingerbread. With this mix you can make happy gingerbread cookies in any shape you want.




Gingerbread house
You can let your creativity run free when making a gingerbread house! Big or small, a hut or canal house: anything is possible. The parts of the gingerbread house can be baked using the FunCakes mix for Gingerbread. You can use cutters, such as this handy cookie cutter house from Patisse. You can also draw the parts yourself on paper and use it as a template. In order to glue the house together after baking them, you can use thick royal icing. And then comes the best part: decorating! You can decorate the house with royal icing or glazing.
Gingerbread man
Gingerbread men look happy and are fun to make together with the kids! You can buy cookie cutters for a Gingerbread man at Deleukstetaartenshop in different sizes. You'll find them here with our christmas cookie cutters. As a finishing touch, decorate the gingerbread man after baking with different colours royal icing.
Gingerbread cookies Christmas tree
You can easily make a Christmas cookie tree with star-shaped cookies! You'll need to cut out the stars in different sizes. After baking, place the stars on top of each other in order of big to small. Then, you can decorate the christmas cookie tree with royal icing and sugar decorations. The whole recipe can be found here.
Christmas balls cookies
Edible decorations in the tree always work well! Decorate the cookies in any style you want to make your Christmas tree even more fun. Decorate them with royal icing, glazing or christmas sprinkles. Let yourself be inspired by these Christmas tree cookies.

Sponge cake and tartelettes
Two of the favourite christmas pastries among many are sweet cookie & crust and tartelettes. Especially sweet cookie & crust is a classic during the holidays, but tartelettes are also becoming more popular. In this blog we'll share the best recipes with you for you to get started.






Poached Pears Cookie Cups
Believe us: these poached pears cookie cups from Deleukstetaartenshop are going to be the best cookie cups you've had in times! The Creme Patissiere is made with the cooking liquid of the poached pears, which makes for a delicious filling of the cake. Garnish the cookie cups with sliced poached pears to finish it off. Check out the recipe here.
Cherry chocolate cake
Cherries with chocolate is a perfect combination for the holidays. Together with whipped cream and the FunCakes mix for Sponge cake you can make a delicious cherry chocolate cake. This cake doesn't have the original cake shape, because it's square. With the Patisse special adjustable bakingframe you can easily make a square or rectangle shaped cake. Careful, because this cake will be completely eaten within one day.
Mini Applepies
Smaller applepies, that's what these apple cakes are. Delicious as a snack while drinking coffee or if you get visitors for the holidays. Bake these mini apple pies easily using this recipe by Deleukstetaartenshop. Did you know that almond paste is commonly used for making sweetie cookies & crust? You spray this on the bottom of your cake before you bake it. You can buy the most delicious FunCakes Almond Paste at Deleukstetaartenshop.
Want more sweet cookie & crust inspiration? Check out all the sweet cookie & crust recipes here.
Chocolate tartelettes
Using the FunCakes mix for Tartelettes you can make a lot of different tartelettes. By mixing cocoa powder through the batter, you can make chocolate tartelettes. And with a milk chocolate mousse filling, this delicious pastry is complete. Read the entire recipe here.
Salted caramel tartelettes
Bake delicious tartelettes and give them a surprising salted caramel filling. The garnish of the apple and almond shavings make these tartelettes an eye-catching pastry. Read the whole recipe here.
Witte chocolademousse tartelettes
You can make your own delicious tartelettes with a white chocolate mousse filling using this tartelettes recipe. Using some raspberries, pistachio nuts and chocolates you can turn it into a luxury dessert.
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FunCakes Special Edtion Mix for Sweet Cookie & Crust
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FunCakes Special Edition Mix for Tartelettes
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Christmas Cakes
Christmas is the perfect opportunity for every cake baker to show off their baking skills. With a Christmas cake, you can amaze your entire family. Let yourself be inspired by our happy and delicious Christmas cake recipes.
Unicorn christmas cake
This Christmas unicorn cake can turn Christmas magical. You can easily make the unicorn cake in christmas atmosphere with this Wilton recipe and using the products from Deleukstetaartenshop.
Naked Winter Wonder cake
For Christmas, you can make this fun naked winter wonder cake with cute deer cookies. With this recipe, you can easily make this cake.
Ugly Christmas Sweater cake
Do you also own an ugly christmas sweater? Make your favourite ugly christmas sweater or someone else's christmas sweater as an ugly christmas sweater cake.
Winter Candle cake
Turn a winter cake into a winter candle using this winter cake recipe. The cake is decorated with white glazing, snowflakes made of fondant and snowballs.
Christmas Deer Cake
You can make this happy christmas cake made of fondant easily using this recipe and pattern. The deer cake is filled with a delicious mocha cream. The cake is covered and decorated with fondant. Both from the inside and outside, this cake is a good choice for christmas.
Christmas Desserts
Is your favourite part of the christmas dinner the dessert? Then you've come to the right place! We've listed our best recipes for christmas desserts. These Christmas recipes are made with bavarois or chocolate mousse.
Christmas tree dessert
You can easily make this eye-catching cake, desserts and more using silicone molds by Silikomart. We used the 'Soffice Incanto' mold to make this christmas tree dessert from mojito bavarois. The christmas trees are covered with green mirror glaze.
Limoncello tiramisu
Two of the most delicious things from Italy in one dessert: Limoncello & Tiramisu! This Christmas dessert should not be missed on the dining table of Italy lovers. You can make the long fingers yourself and sprinkle it with limoncello. The filling is made with mascarpone and lemon bavarois. Check out the recipe for Limoncello tiramisu here.
Irish coffee chocolate mousse
For the real connoisseur, an Irish coffee chocolate mousse is the perfect christmas dessert. In the recipe for this chocolate christmas dessert, you'll find out how to make a chocolate mousse and how to give it an Irish coffee flavour.
Tripe chocolate mousse desserts
Are you not able to choose between the three different chocolates? Combine them in the christmas dessert. Chocolate mousses made from white, milk and dark chocolate combined with strawberries, bastogne cookies, meringues and nougat cubes are the perfect combination for a luxury dessert! It's best to serve this dessert in a large bowl to put it on the table as a showpiece.
White chocolate mousse in chocolate cups
A simple but easy and delicious christmas dessert: white chocolate mousse in chocolate cups. The chocolate cups are for sale at Deleukstetaartenshop. You can make the chocolate mousse yourself with white chocolate callets from Callebaut. The products from Callebaut guarantee a delicious full chocolate taste.
Caramel dream
Caramel-lovers pay attention: this dessert is a true caramel dream. The creamy caramel bavarois topped with caramel glaze is a true taste pleasure. Decorate the caramel dessert with the use of some fudge cubes.
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