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Seven fruit-filled Christmas recipes for Stir-up Sunday

The last Sunday before Advent is historically known as Stir-up Sunday, a day devoted to stirring together the rich, fruity base for Christmas pud, cake and mince pies. Here’s seven ideas to get you started.

7 recipes
Maggie Beer's Christmas cake.

Christmas cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Maggie Beer
Stephanie Alexander's mince pies.

Stephanie Alexander's mince pies recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Stephanie Alexander
Fruit mince pies 11th September 2012 Photo: Steven Siewert Styling Berni Smithies

Jane and Jeremy Strode’s mince pies

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
The addition of chocolate in this cake might convert fruitcake-haters.

Helen Goh's chocolate and amaretto fruitcake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Diana Lampe's Christmas pudding.

Christmas pudding

  • Diana Lampe
Cranberry Christmas cake

Cranberry Christmas cake

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
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Stephanie Alexander holding Emily Bell's Christmas Pudding on a platter.

Emily Bell's Christmas pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Stephanie Alexander

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