Special diet desserts: Cookies and cakes

Recipes

• Golden Brandy Nut-Free Fruitcake
  A look through past recipes revealed that we have never developed a nut-free fruitcake – so here it is. A jewel-like topping and variety of f...
  
  
• Dairy-Free Apple Hermits
  No one will miss the butter in these chewy, lightly spiced cookies.
  
  
• Gluten-Free Rocky Road Snowballs
  Enlist your favourite helping hands to roll these delights and coat them in coconut. For a nut-free variation, replace walnuts with chopped glac?herri...
  
  
• Dairy-Free Chocolate Almond Biscotti
  These biscotti have a slightly drier texture than ones made with butter, which means they are perfect for dunking in your favourite beverage.
  
  
• Dairy-Free Chocolate Meringues
  These little meringues make a special holiday treat. Look for good-quality chocolate (70 per cent cocoa or higher), such as Lindt, and check the ingre...
  
  
• Gluten-Free Cardamom Shortbread
  Inspired by traditional Persian rice flour shortbreads, these pretty white delights just melt in your mouth.
  
  
• Sugar-Reduced Sugar Cookie Ornaments
  Sugar-free hard candies are available in a variety of flavours and colours; use an assortment to make these classic holiday cookies.
  
  
• Sugar-Reduced Chocolate Walnut Buche de Noel
  Good-quality dark chocolate (such as Lindt, Callebaut or Valrhona) adds richness and depth to this decadent dessert without adding loads of sugar.
  
  
• Gluten-Free Fruit and Almond Cake with Candied Tangerines
  Although richly flavoured with dried fruit, this cake is still very light textured.