Tasty Christmas desserts that you can order for delivery or takeaway

Lygon Street’s Little Italy precinct wouldn’t be what it is today without Enoteca Sileno. This cellar and foodstore has been importing the best of Italian fare to Melbourne since 1953 – a time when pantry staples like extra virgin olive oil and pasta were only just starting to become known by the wider community. That's why when it comes to real authentic panettone and other festive treats, check out Enoteca Sileno's online catalogue before you look anywhere else. There's a wide selection of great products to choose from, but we've got our eye on the Rustichella cherry panettone. It's a moist, fluffy cake made with butter, eggs, flour and flavoured with real Abruzzese Amarena sour cherries and cherry syrup, hand-wrapped and produced by artisan pasta makers Rustichella d'Abruzzo. 

A visit to Prahran Market isn't complete without stopping by Sweet Greek and perusing all the impressive Greek dishes and treats handmade by Kathy Tsaples and her team. For the festive season, the berry trifle is particularly beautiful (just look at it!) and the classy glass bowl is yours to keep. You can also choose from tiramisu trifle, gingerbread wreaths, traditional Christmas cake and platter-worthy cheeses. Add some traditional melomakarona (honey walnut biscuits), kourabiethes (Greek Christmas biscuits) or fruit mince tarts to your order and your festive sweet tooth is all set. For more details on what's available, check out the website.

Tarts Anon specialise in tarts, so you know these will be pretty perfect. They’ve gone ahead and tarted up Christmas with flavours like trifle, chocolate candy cane and cherry gingerbread (plus even a savoury Christmas ham version!), all of which are available at the Collingwood and Cremorne stores and online. Though you can buy it ready-made, Tarts Anon’s bake-at-home eggnog and fruit mince tart was such a hit for the last two years, that it's back for a third. At $100, this special offer comes with a pre-prepared tart shell in the tin with fruit mince jam and eggnog custard, and an option to go boozy or booze-free. Customers will just need to follow a few steps and, voilà! (*pastry chef’s kiss*)

There's nothing like a real-life gingerbread house to provoke "oohs" and "aahs" from kids and the young at heart alike. Just in time for Christmas, the team at Carlton Institution Brunetti Classico has brought the goods with a charming edible gingerbread cottage delicious enough to even tempt Hansel and Gretel. The rich and buttery concoction sings with festive flavours of cinnamon and nutmeg throughout, and is decorated with mixed lollies, fondant and royal icing. There's even an option to get a DIY gingerbread house if you'd rather build your own! You can either purchase one here online or at the Lygon Street, Melbourne Airport and Moonee Ponds stores.

The legendary pastry masters at Richmond's Penny for Pound have been busy rolling dough and making all manner of delicious treats in time for this year's silly season. While you'll be tempted by their famous fruit mince tarts, table wreath cakes and chocolate creations, you may just want something simple to make an end-of-meal statement. If that's the case, you can't go wrong with their classic Christmas trifle. Made with a twist, it's a multi-layer beauty of mango and passionfruit jelly, citrus sponge, passionfruit curd and vanilla custard cream, topped with fresh mango, passionfruit, meringue kisses and white chocolate stars. Need we say more? You can get your hands on one here.

It’s anyone’s guess whether Melbourne will get a hot Aussie Christmas Day this year. Come rain, hail or shine though, Piccolina’s exclusive Rocky Road Budino di Natale made (mostly) of gelato will make a beautiful centrepiece. The creamy treat (not pictured here) is made from chocolate gelato, caramelised peanut and vanilla bean marshmallow, fior di latte gelato with raspberry jellies, salted caramel gelato with malt crumble and chocolate raspberry cake. It serves about 14 people for just $120 and comes in a locally handmade stoneware bowl and limited edition Piccolina canvas bag. Check it out online.

Love cherries, pineapple and all things summer fruits? Indulge in Stokehouse's refreshing tropical take on the traditional Christmas pudding this year, which comes ready-made with at-home instructions and the pastry chef's special brandy custard recipe to accompany. Your Stokehouse pudding can be picked up at the restaurant from Monday to Sunday until 6pm in the lead-up to Christmas, with final collection on Christmas Eve. It's $75 and available to order now – now that's a Christmas miracle right there.

Bread Club has promised a pie that will please both hardcore fruit mince fans and those who usually turn their nose up at the traditional treat. The French-owned bakery has made its mince with an unusual mix of rhubarb, sour cherry and beetroot, creating a sweet-but-tart filling packaged in cracked, buttery pastry. Sultanas and currants are still present, but far less overpowering than usual, making rhubarb the star of the dish. Pies come in packs of six for $22 each. Online orders are open now, so start stocking up!

Black Star Pastry, home of the wildly popular (and extremely 'grammable) strawberry watermelon cake, has launched a limited-edition white chocolate Christmas version of the cake. An absolute stunner on the eyes, the four-portion cake is adorned with a crown of white strawberries, complemented by a rose and strawberry-scented cream, layered between fresh watermelon and almond dacquoise. To finish, the delicate white strawberries are scattered along hand-carved snowflakes and a dusting of sweet snow. Sigh – just magical. If you prefer your cakes with a hint of spice, check out the Gingerbread Chiffon Cake, which is also part of this year's Christmas collection. Browse the website and place your orders now.

Are you a fan of art that you can eat? Then you'll want to make your way to Le Yeahllow, a brand new cake store on Little Collins Street specialising in surrealist desserts that look just as incredible as they taste. Just in time for the festive season, the once exclusively online retailer has unveiled an exciting Christmas collection – now available at its new flagship CBD location along with other cult favourite treats. Need something to finish on a sweet note after your Christmas ham or turkey? Check out this stunning chestnut blackcurrant Yule log or the Christmas cherry cake in Le Yeahllow's annual Christmas gift guide.

This December, Victor Churchill – Melbourne's most bougie butcher – is celebrating the festive season with a range of gourmet delicacies that will take your Christmas feast up a notch. It is no surprise this place has the proteins covered (think everything from Kurobuta pork and Saskia Beer turkey to smoked trout and salmon gravlax), but the butcher is also slinging a few Christmas desserts that will leave your celebrations on a sweet note. The desserts are made in-house by the pastry team and include the likes of chocolate and cherry loaf, mince tarts and a lemon meringue tart. However, there's no better way to celebrate than with an Aussie classic – the pav – and Victor Churchill's take on the meringue masterpiece includes mixed berries, raspberry coulis and fresh cream. The pavlova is available to pick up in-store for $60.