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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Best Easter cake recipes
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...
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...
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...
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...
Celebration cake recipes
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...
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....
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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