Easter recipes and ideas

From a classic Easter roast and Easter lunch – including spring lamb and all the special trimmings and sides – to our decadent Easter bakes and desserts, we’ve got everything you need for a delicious Easter celebration.

Magical Easter baking

Fill your home with the scents of Easter baking over the long bank holiday weekend. Our top pick for 2025? This epic baklava-themed dome cake with pistachio frosting. Mark Good Friday with fragrant homemade hot cross buns, easy hot cross cookies or try our hot-cross banana brioche loaf. It wouldn’t be Easter without chocolate: how about mini egg rocky road or Rice Krispie treats? Easter baking is an cherished tradition in many countries, too: try this traditional Polish sheet cake or Cozonac, a Romanian Easter bread.

Serve up a sensational Easter lunch to the family with our creative recipes, from the traditional lamb and all the trimmings to alternative choices. How about Mediterranean-style roast chicken, roast beef with tapenade or mutton shoulder? We’ve got fantastic sides and starters too, from a spring-fresh asparagus caesar salad and four cheese gratin to hot-smoked salmon tart. Go classic with our top traditional menu – or try Ottolenghi’s Easter feast with spiced chicken and rhubarb and custard pud.

FOUR whole days of bank holiday Easter weekend means four opportunities to enjoy an Easter brunch. Go classic with eggs florentine (poached eggs and toasted muffins with hollandaise and spinach), indulge yourself with fried chicken french toast, try ‘carbonara’ scrambled eggs or go sweet with blueberry waffles. We’ve even got homemade pain au chocolat…

Our top Easter dessert recipes include something for every palate and skill level. We’ve got everything from simple puddings like sticky toffee to showstopper confections (see our stunning meringue tower). Chocolate lover? Rocky road roulade or chocolate mousse cake will be up your street. Or go refreshing and fruity with a no-bake passion fruit cheesecake or classic lemon tart. Hot cross bun fans need to try our HCB twist on a treacle tart, too…