Easter baking ideas
Fill your home with the scents of Easter baking over the long Bank Holiday weekend. Our ideas for buns, cakes, tarts and bread will have everyone asking for the recipe.
The four-day Easter weekend is the perfect opportunity to dig out your apron, stick on some relaxing music and enjoy some baking time in the kitchen. Commemorate Good Friday with fragrant homemade hot cross buns, easy hot cross cookies or try our hot-cross banana brioche loaf if you’ve got a bit more time on your hands.
It wouldn’t be Easter without some chocolate. How about Mini Egg rocky road, triple-choc rye cookies or this chocolate Guinness cheesecake (that’s strictly for the grown-ups). Get the kids involved with easy cupcakes, biscuits and rocky roads laced with mini eggs and chocs.
Easter baking is an cherished tradition in many countries. Try this traditional Polish sheet cake or Cozonac, a Romanian Easter bread.
If you’re on the hunt for a traditional Easter Sunday dessert, try this traditional simnel cake. Not a marzipan fan? Wow your lunch guests with a hot cross bun trifle or this Easter meringue wreath.
Just want cakes? Head over to our gorgeous Easter cakes section.
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Cookie recipes
Black and gold cookies
Chunks of golden caramelised white chocolate shine through rich dark chocolate dough in these indulgently chewy cookies.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Caramelised white chocolate madeleines
Fluffy madeleines are a treat warm from the oven, especially when these delicate French bakes get a dose of caramelised white chocolate.
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White chocolate recipes
Caramelised white chocolate
Fan of blond chocolate? Learn how to make caramelised white chocolate at home. It sounds cheffy but is simple to make – and so versatile.
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Baking recipes
Chocolate custard brioche
Set aside some time at the weekend to make these gorgeous chocolate brioche loaves from master baker Richard Bertinet.
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Hot cross banana bread
Banana bread meets hot cross buns in this delicious Easter loaf. The brioche bun dough is filled with a spiced almond and banana paste.
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Carrot cake recipes
Best of the best carrot cake
Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.
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Chocolate orange pan-bang cookies
Chocolate orange fans will love this zesty take on pan-bang cookies. These wrinkly cult cookies are a guaranteed hit and easy to make.
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Biscuit recipes
Manon Lagrève’s palets bretons
Manon Lagrève shares her recipe for palets bretons. These golden, seriously buttery shortbread biscuits hail from Brittany in France.
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Carrot cake recipes
Manon Lagrève’s carrot cake
Manon Lagrève puts a French twist on a classic Anglo-American bake in this spiced carrot cake recipe from the Bake Off alumni.
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Peanut butter recipes
Peanut butter and jam thumbprint cookies
If you need a sweet snack fast, these moreish peanut butter and jam cookies offer a creamy texture with added crunch from the chunks of nut. A dollop of glistening jam is the perfect finish and cuts through the rich cookie base.
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Biscuit recipes
Lemon and pistachio shortbread biscuits
Crumbly, buttery shortbread is lightened with lemon and given a nutty richness thanks to plenty of pistachios. The perfect teatime treat.
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Celebration cake recipes
Pistachio layer cake with cream cheese frosting
This magnificent pistachio cake combines a light and nutty sponge with a decadently rich cream cheese icing!
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Easter recipes
Mini Egg rocky road
A tiny amount of effort and patience rewards you with a Mini Egg rocky road that’s perfect for sharing at Easter time.
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Lemon meringue shortbread
Marcus Wareing shares a taste of his childhood with this zingy lemon meringue shortbread recipe. Serve with napkins - it can get messy!
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Meringue recipes
Double chocolate meringue tower
Build a teetering double-chocolate meringue tower with our easy recipe. The crisp meringues are served with double cream and chocolate sauce.
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Triple chocolate rye cookies
Incredibly rich and seriously dense (in the best possible way), these triple chocolate cookies are somewhere between a brownie and a cookie.
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