Easter baking ideas
Fill your home with the scents of simnel cake and homemade hot cross buns. Our Easter baking ideas for buns, cakes and tarts will have everyone asking for the recipe.
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Hot cross bun recipes
Cheese and chilli hot cross buns
Cheese and chilli hot cross buns open up a whole new world of savoury snacking...

Afternoon tea recipes
Rhubarb and custard slices
These delectable rhubarb and custard slices are pretty as a picture for afternoon tea served...

Easter baking ideas
Hot cross cookies
Add these hot cross cookies to your Easter baking repertoire: scented with mixed spice and...

Easter baking ideas
Spring lamb cupcakes
These cute Easter cupcakes shaped as spring lambs are perfect for baking with kids over...

Easter lunch recipes
Earl grey and orange hot cross bun trifle
This boozy Easter trifle with cream, custard and citrus curd is a fantastic way to...

Easter lunch recipes
Easter chocolate meringue nests
This kid-friendly Easter pud uses Easter chocolate such as Maltesers and Easter eggs and malty...

Easter recipes
Easter rocky road roulade
This double-chocolate and caramel Easter rocky road roulade is a decadent finale to a celebratory...

Hot cross bun recipes
Chocolate and peanut butter hot cross buns
In this recipe, traditional hot cross buns get an updated twist with chocolate and peanut...

Sweet tart recipes
Sweet ricotta tart
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s sweet ricotta tart with dark chocolate and Italian candied fruit is a...

Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Terry’s Chocolate Orange rocky road
This moreish rocky road uses Terry’s Chocolate Orange wedges as decoration for an extra chunky...

Hot cross bun recipes
Gail’s hot cross buns
The recipe for these hot cross buns comes from high-end bakery chain Gail’s – each...

Simnel cake recipes
Simnel loaf cake
Our easy simnel cake recipe is made in a loaf tin to keep things nice...

Biscuit recipes
Hot cross millionaire’s shortbread
We’ve injected the warming flavours of a hot cross bun into this epic millionaire’s shortbread....

Celebration cake recipes
Carrot and cheesecake layer cake
Four layers of carrot cake sponge are sandwiched between a chocolate and vanilla marbled cheesecake...

Loaf cake recipes
Coconut and cardamom loaf cake
Food writer and cookbook author Niloufer Mavalvala‘s coconut cake recipe was handed down to her...

Simnel cake recipes
Mini simnel cakes
Martha Collison’s mini simnel cakes, made with cherries and almonds, are a bite-sized alternative to...

Easter baking ideas
Coconut macaroon nests
Martha Collison’s Easter nests, which use a coconut macaroon mixture, are so moreish you won’t...

Easter baking ideas
Orange hot cross bun loaf
A twist on the Easter tradition of hot cross buns, this orange and anise hot...

Afternoon tea recipes
St Clement’s squares
Make your mum these lemony, flower-topped St Clement’s shortbreads to serve as afternoon tea on...

Easter baking ideas
Easter meringue wreath
Get ready for a cracking Easter with a meringue wreath that’s sure to be a...