Christmas cake

noun

British
: a cake that contains nuts and fruits and that is served at Christmas

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One delicious tradition includes a Japanese Christmas cake. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 24 Dec. 2025 The new Hazelnut Cocoa Flavored Coffee brings chocolate and nutty notes to your coffee pot, and practically screams to be served with a slice of chocolate Christmas cake. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025 According to McGrady, teatime included mince pies, scones, and a chocolate yule log and Christmas cake, with another Christmas cake made especially for the royal grandchildren. Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025 The Easy Peasy Foodie creator can predict when US readers begin searching for her stress-free turkey instructions, or when her Christmas cake will start its annual climb up Google search results. Davey Alba, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025 The whisky features aromas of toffee, fig jam, Christmas cake, and toasted almond. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 Dos Anjos was accused of serving a Christmas cake laced with arsenic at 2,700 times the legal limit to her family members on Christmas Eve, per CNN. Christine Pelisek, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025

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“Christmas cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christmas%20cake. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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