Easter dessert recipes
Entertaining over the four-day weekend? Then check out our Easter dessert recipes. We’ve rounded up the very best chocolate desserts, springtime puds and showstopper confections to finish off your Easter lunch.
There’s an Easter dessert for every budget, group-size and skill level in this handy recipe round up. If you can’t imagine Easter without chocolate, take a look at seriously chocolatey desserts like this teetering double-choc meringue tower. Save pudding room for this salted caramel brownie pudding with ice cream, or delight the white chocolate fans with a showstopping caramelised white chocolate cheesecake.
Need a break from the choc? Rhubarb can be seriously good at this time of year. Try this elegant rhubarb and rose crumble tart or these fun rhubarb and custard blondies for a relaxed gathering. Refreshing and zesty citrus desserts are a smart option after a heavy Sunday lunch. Try a quick lemon and ginger fool or classic American dessert, key lime pie.
Scroll down for plenty more timeless options, including a crowd-pleasing carrot cake , trad sticky toffee pudding and a make-ahead chocolate meringue wreath.
Plan your Easter Sunday menu with all our Easter recipes.
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Perfect pudding recipes
Malt chocolate self-saucing pudding
The toasty flavour of malt brings an extra layer of comfort to this easy, self-saucing chocolate pudding. Bring it to the table and dig in!
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Italian dessert recipes
Chocolate budino
With only five ingredients, this creamy Italian pudding – chocolate budino – is incredibly simple but beautifully smooth and indulgent.
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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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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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Pannacotta recipes
Burnt honey pannacotta with rhubarb and chamomile syrup
Ravinder Bhogal's burnt honey pannacotta with rhubarb is the perfect make-ahead dessert for spring, including your Easter lunch.
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Baking recipes
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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Custard tart recipes
Fennel seed custard tarts
A custard tart is a wondrous thing – but chef Joe Laker’s aromatic version, served at Counter 71, has to be the best we’ve tasted.
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British puddings
Elderflower jellies with boozy cream
An effortless little pud (for grown-ups) these jellies are packed with the heady aromas of elderflower. Delightful!
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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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Coffee recipes
Walnut and coffee pastry layer cake
Monica Galetti's coffee and walnut layer cake has alternating layers of coffee cream and crisp pastry. A joyful bake for special occasions.
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Easter baking ideas
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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Pannacotta recipes
Marsala pannacotta
The addition of marsala wine and rum, plus the light coating of caramel, creates a complex flavour to this irresistible pannacotta recipe.
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Easter dessert recipes
Dark chocolate bark with sea salt, rosemary, pistachios and candied citrus
Take a bite out of dark chocolate bark studded with pistachios, rosemary-flavoured salt and little bursts of candied peel.
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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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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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