Have your Christmas cake and eat it!

If you’ve run out of time to make your own Christmas cake this year, we've rounded up six of the best to buy, so all you have to do is put the kettle on…

Mosimann’s
Described as a "decadent rich fruit cake with as moist crumb", this cake is handmade to Anton Mosimann’s specially developed recipe. If the Mosimann pudding, which has won every media taste challenge, is anything to go by, this will live up to your every expectation. www.mosimann.com

Bettys
Winner of the (unofficial) After Hours Fruit Cake Award 2006, we can guarantee you’ll not be disappointed with a Bettys Christmas cake (pictured left). Every one is made and decorated entirely by hand and for those who are fond of a Christmas tipple or two, they are packed with vine fruits soaked in sherry and matured to give a rich seasonal flavour and moist texture. With eight different varieties, the hardest decision will be which to choose. www.bettysbypost.com

Meg Rivers
Meg Rivers’s passion for healthy eating and her commitment to producing wholesome and delicious foods has found her cakes being sent to all parts of the globe including Alaska, Australia and New Zealand. Ingredients are locally sourced where possible and you won’t find any artificial flavourings, colours or preservatives. You’d better hurry though, as due to extraordinarily high demand this year, they’re flying off the shelves.
www.megrivers.com

Fortnum & Mason
After almost 300 years (its the 300th birthday next year) and a long history of excellence, you really can’t go wrong with a Fortnum & Mason Brandied Christmas cake—a slightly racier version of the traditional Christmas filler.
www.fortnumandmason.com

Duchy Originals
The Duchy Originals iced Christmas cake is a rich organic fruit cake made to a traditional butter recipe with almonds and molasses, laced with cognac and orange liqueur, then iced and decorated with the distinctive Duchy Originals crest. What better accompaniment to the Queen’s speech? www.duchyoriginals.com

High Orchard Organic
These cakes, made by the face behind High Orchard Organic, Pauline Sykes, are of heroic proportions that will see you through any seasonal snow-in. Made in her own kitchen in Wales, the treasured recipe has been handed down through her family for generations, and uses only the finest ingredients and generous proportions of fruit and nuts. www.abel-cole.co.uk