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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Caramelised white chocolate cheesecake

Cheesecake recipes

Caramelised white chocolate cheesecake

This showstopping cheesecake has a high-sided chocolatey biscuit base, a creamy filling spiked with nutty caramelised white chocolate and a...

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Best of the best carrot cake

Carrot cake recipes

Best of the best carrot cake

Carrot cake is a crowdpleaser and one every keen baker should have in their arsenal. This is our best ever...

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Pistachio layer cake with cream cheese frosting

Celebration cake recipes

Pistachio layer cake with cream cheese frosting

Pistachio lovers, this one’s for you! This magnificent pistachio layer cake combines a light and nutty sponge with a decadently...

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Chocolate mousse cake

Chocolate mousse recipes

Chocolate mousse cake

Fudgy, dense chocolate cake meets light and fluffy chocolate mousse in this impressive dessert that will feed a whole gathering...

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Chocolate Guinness cheesecake

Baked cheesecake recipes

Chocolate Guinness cheesecake

The greatest chocolate cheesecake ever? Very possibly. Our chocolate Guinness cheesecake has an Oreo base, thick cheesecake layer and malted...

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Mazurek (Polish sheet cake)

Best Easter cake recipes

Mazurek (Polish sheet cake)

This irresistible sheet cake is traditionally baked in Poland to celebrate Easter. The flavourings vary from baker to baker but...

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Vegan chocolate cake

Chocolate cake recipes

Vegan chocolate cake

Our vegan chocolate cake is dairy-free and egg-free and comes with a vegan buttercream, amaretto and jam filling, and is...

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Easter cupcakes

Cupcake recipes

Easter cupcakes

Whisk up Easter cupcakes with the kids, then get creative with the decorations. We’ve topped ours with vanilla frosting, chocolate...

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Gluten-free simnel cake

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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 delicious, bakewell-tinged twist on...

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Rhubarb and custard layer cake

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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 such...

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Spring lamb cupcakes

Easter baking ideas

Spring lamb cupcakes

These cute Easter cupcakes shaped as spring lambs are perfect for baking with kids over the long Easter bank holiday...

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Easter rocky road roulade

Easter recipes

Easter rocky road roulade

This double-chocolate and caramel Easter rocky road roulade is a decadent finale to a celebratory Easter lunch, plus it’s great...

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Simnel loaf cake

Simnel cake recipes

Simnel loaf cake

Our easy simnel cake recipe is made in a loaf tin to keep things nice and easy. It’s delicious served...

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Carrot and cheesecake layer cake

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Carrot and cheesecake layer cake

Four layers of carrot cake sponge are sandwiched between a chocolate and vanilla marbled cheesecake filling and thick layers of...

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Mini simnel cakes

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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Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake

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...

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