While a cheesecake isn't technically defined as a cake, one can't deny that every bite is heavenly. Chef Aditi Handa, who is the co-founder and head chef at The Baker's Dozen says you can make a mango cheesecake this festive season because it is a no-fuss option. It is made with butter crunch cookies, melted butter, cream cheese and fresh mango pulp.

If you don't want to indulge in some cheesecake, then there are quite a few other options, and Veeraj Shenoy, who is the chief officer of food and beverage at Imagicaa, which is by the Malpani Group, says you can make a no-bake biscoff cake. The classic biscuit cake features your favourite biscoffs soaked in coffee and layered with a homemade chocolate ganache.

Even chef Mozanne Karbhari, junior sous chef at the ITC Grand Central wants you to make a cheesecake for Christmas and New Year because it is very personal to her as she has fond memories of growing up with it.

At JW Marriot Mumbai Juhu, Nicholas Fernandes, who is the executive pastry chef at the five-star property, wants you to make a no-bake Christmas wreath cake, bringing all the festive cheer to the table. It is a delightful blend of pistachios, crushed biscuits and dried cranberries bound together with condensed milk and rum. Shaped into a wreath and covered in decadent white chocolate, with rosemary and cranberries.

If you love rum and cheesecakes, then Gunjit Chawla, corporate chef with Independence Brewing Company in Mumbai, says you can easily make a no-bake rum-soaked cranberry, raisin and cinnamon cheese cake. With a rich combination of rum, rum-soaked cranberries, raisins and cinnamon, it is a burst of flavours on the palate. It gets even better because you don't need an oven to bake it.