Best Easter cake recipes
Bake up a storm over the long Easter weekend with these brilliant Easter cake recipes. You’ll find cakes to feed a crowd, showstoppers and easy treats to make with little helpers in our best Easter cake recipes collection.
Chocolate cake lovers are in for a treat. Scroll on for plenty of chocolate Easter bakes to try, including a decadent rocky road roulade festooned with chocolate eggs, a rich vegan chocolate cake and John Whaite’s showstopper caramelised white chocolate and tahini cake.
Maxed out on chocolate? (Okay it’s never happened to us, but we hear it’s possible). Mix it up with other springtime cake recipes like our best-of-the-best carrot cake. Try a pretty lemon and poppy-seed loaf or a gorgeous rhubarb and custard layer cake topped with curls of roasted rhubarb, which makes a spectacular dessert for Easter Sunday lunch.
Traditionalists will love our classic Simnel cake or mini Simnel cakes, while there’s also some fun Easter treats to make with the kids. Cute Easter lamb cupcake anyone?
We firmly believe that these are our best-ever Easter cake recipes and hope you love them.
Get planning for the long weekend with our make-ahead Easter recipes and Easter lunch ideas. See our decadent Easter desserts too.
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Cheesecake recipes
Caramelised white chocolate cheesecake
This showstopping cheesecake has a chocolatey biscuit base, a creamy caramelised white chocolate filling and golden ganache topping.
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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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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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Chocolate mousse recipes
Chocolate mousse cake
Fudgy, dense chocolate cake meets light and fluffy chocolate mousse in this impressive dessert recipe that will feed a whole gathering.
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Baked cheesecake recipes
Chocolate Guinness cheesecake
The greatest chocolate cheesecake ever? Very possibly. Our chocolate Guinness cheesecake has an oreo base and malted cream cheese frosting.
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Best Easter cake recipes
Mazurek (Polish sheet cake)
Mazurek (Polish sheet cake) is baked in Poland to celebrate Easter. The beautiful cake is filled with jam and decorated with chocolate.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Vegan chocolate cake
Our vegan chocolate cake is egg-free and dairy-free and is filled with vegan buttercream, amaretto, and is covered in a silky ganache.
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Cupcake recipes
Easter cupcakes
Whisk up Easter cupcakes with the kids, then get creative with the decorations. We've topped ours with vanilla frosting, choc nests and eggs.
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Gluten-free simnel cake
Becky Excell's gluten-free simnel cake has glacé cherries and an extra hit of almond for a bakewell-tinged twist on this Easter classic.
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Celebration cake recipes
Rhubarb and custard layer cake
This glorious rhubarb and custard layer cake is so pretty: its jaw-dropping decoration makes it perfect for special occasions.
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Easter baking ideas
Spring lamb cupcakes
These cute spring lamb cupcakes are perfect for baking with kids over the long Easter bank holiday weekend.
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Easter recipes
Easter rocky road roulade
This double-chocolate and caramel Easter rocky road roulade is a decadent finale to a celebratory Easter lunch.
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Simnel cake recipes
Simnel loaf cake
Our easy simnel loaf cake recipe is an ideal bake for the Easter weekend. It's delicious served warm, topped with apricot jam.
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Celebration cake recipes
Carrot and cheesecake layer cake
This carrot cake and marbled cheesecake layer cake is a truly spectacular celebration cake that's perfect for birthdays or Easter.
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Simnel cake recipes
Mini simnel cakes
Martha Collison's mini simnel cakes, made with cherries and almonds, are a bite-sized alternative to a traditional Easter simnel cake.
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Celebration cake recipes
Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake
Bake John Whaite's epic white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini celebration cake to really impress your guests or celebrate a birthday,
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