Easter baking ideas
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Easter baking ideas
Hot cross cookies
These hot cross cookies, scented with mixed spice and studded with dark chocolate, are another excuse to eat chocolate at Easter.
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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 lunch recipes
Earl grey and orange hot cross bun trifle
This boozy Easter hot cross bun trifle with cream, custard and citrus curd is a fantastic way to use up any leftover hot cross buns.
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Easter lunch recipes
Easter chocolate meringue nests
This kid-friendly Easter pud uses Easter chocolate such as Maltesers and Creme Eggs plus malty whipped cream to fill chocolate meringue nests.
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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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Hot cross bun recipes
Chocolate and peanut butter hot cross buns
In this recipe, traditional hot cross buns get an updated twist with chocolate and peanut butter - ideal if you're not a fan of dried fruit.
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Sweet tart recipes
Sweet ricotta tart
Julia Busuttil Nishimura's sweet ricotta tart with dark chocolate and Italian candied fruit is a perfect dessert for Easter or a dinner party.
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Terry’s Chocolate Orange rocky road
This moreish Terry's Chocolate Orange rocky road uses the classic wedges as topping for an extra chunky texture. Fab for Christmas or Easter!
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Brunch recipes
Gail’s Bakery’s cinnamon buns
Gail's Bakery's flaky cinnamon buns are exactly the sort of joyfully crisp, sugar-coated treat you want to enjoy with a strong cup of coffee.
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Hot cross bun recipes
Gail’s hot cross buns
The recipe for these hot cross buns comes from high-end bakery chain Gail's – each step is accompanied by a picture to make it easy to follow.
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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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Biscuit recipes
Hot cross millionaire’s shortbread
We've injected the warming flavours of a hot cross bun into this epic millionaire's shortbread recipe – think cinnamon and mixed spice.
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Italian dessert recipes
Torta della nonna (ricotta and lemon tart)
Angela Hartnett's elegant ricotta and lemon tart (torta della nonna) makes a fine dinner party dessert or a great finale to an Easter feast.
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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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Biscuit recipes
Chocolate hobnob-style biscuits (vegan)
We've created our very own vegan chocolate hobnobs biscuit recipe, with a thick chocolate topping and a wholemeal, oaty base.
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Loaf cake recipes
Coconut and cardamom loaf cake
Niloufer Mavalvala's coconut loaf cake is fabulously light, scented with cardamom and topped with lemon icing – perfect for Mother's Day.
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