Easter baking ideas
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Simnel cake recipes
Whisky and pistachio simnel cake
Debbie Major's take on an Easter simnel cake is wonderfully light, laced with whisky and topped with a pistachio marzipan.
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Best Easter cake recipes
Mini egg ice cream chocolate layer cake
It's the perfect Easter combination: Cadbury's mini eggs, chocolate cake and ice cream layered together to create one decadent dessert.
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Hot cross bun recipes
Hot cross buns with marmalade vodka whipped butter
Here's an alternative to traditional hot cross buns - boozy marmalade whipped butter and tear-and-share serving style.
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Hot cross bun recipes
Peter Sidwell’s prune and orange hot cross buns
TV chef Peter Sidwell's healthy hot cross buns recipe uses prunes for sweetness in place of sugar, and candied orange for extra zing.
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Biscuit recipes
Nigella Lawson’s chocolate biscuits
Nigella Lawson's recipe for simple chocolate biscuits, melt-in-the-mouth bites, perfect for afternoon tea, with a fork decoration on top
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Mini dessert recipes
Caramel kisses
Simmone Logue's caramel kisses are a daintier take on millionaire's shortbread: a biscuit base, caramel filling and chocolate ganache top layer.
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White chocolate recipes
Chetna Makan’s pistachio, cardamom and white chocolate cake
Chetna Makan combines the flavours of pistachio and cardamom to make the lightest of white chocolate cakes. Perfect for afternoon tea.
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Scone recipes
Lemon sugar cube scones
These lemon scones are topped with lemon-soaked sugar cubes that melt into a chewy crust. They're fab for afternoon tea or Mother's Day.
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Simnel cake recipes
Sour cherry and chocolate simnel cake with hazelnut marzipan
For a modern twist on a classic Easter cake, try John Whaite's chocolate simnel cake with sour cherries, choc ganache and hazelnut marzipan.
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Easter baking ideas
Hot cross bun brownies
Paul A Young puts leftover hot cross buns to mouthwatering use by combining them with chocolate and nutmeg in these gooey Easter brownies.
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Sweetshop crispy treats
A tribute to the sweetshop all in one cake: kids will love these no-bake chocolate treats loaded with Crunchie pieces and mini eggs.
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Hot cross bun recipes
Hot cross bun loaf
Debbie Major's hot cross bun loaf is flavoured with aromatic saffron. Serve with clotted cream for a delicious Easter weekend treat.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Triple-chocolate layer cake
This triple chocolate layer cake makes for a beautiful birthday cake. Three layers of moist chocolate sponge sandwiched with buttercream.
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Biscuit recipes
Kourabiedes (Greek almond biscuits)
Maria Elia's melt-in-the-mouth almond biscuits recipe hails back to the Greek patisseries of her childhood.
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Christmas breakfast recipes
Chocolate and cinnamon buns
Whether you call them cinnamon buns or cinnamon rolls, the addition of chocolate in this recipe by the Nordic Bakery is a heavenly one.
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