From cakes to pudding, get ready for the most festive time of year with the recipes that taste.com.au users love most.

When it comes to cooking, 2016 was the year of the quick dinner. But Aussies didn't want to cook just any quick dinner, these meals had to be fast, flavoursome and fun. Here, we celebrate our favourite meals of the year you can make in 16 minutes or fewer.

If you haven't tried one of these food trends in the kitchen yet, now's your chance.

No time to cook? Hate spending time in the kitchen when you could be entertaining? These entertaining recipe hacks are all you need to impress without the fuss.

No need for forks with these tasty morsels.

Want to add authentic, fresh summer flavours to your plate this summer? Hand-picked Australian Truss Tomatoes - with their wonderful aroma and characteristic juiciness - are an easy way to inject beautiful colour and flavour to salads, canapés, pastas, tarts and more. Plus, they're simply bursting with vitamin C, lycopene and vine-ripened sweet tomato flavour. Here are our favourite ways to cook with them.

You won't tire of tuna with these recipes.

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Celebrate American Thanksgiving with these US-style recipes and Thanksgiving favourites.

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Add the wow factor to your Christmas table with these showstopper dessert recipes that are surprisingly easy to pull off.

Here are our favourite cakes that are guaranteed to be unforgettable.

Need to 'bring a plate'? These side dishes are perfect accompaniments to your family barbecue.

The humble chocolate brownie has come a long way in recent years. We reveal the amazing ways you can turn it into something really special.

From easy-yet-stunning bakes to midweek meals with the wow factor, these are the recipes we'll keep coming back to again and again.