Easter recipes and ideas

From a classic Easter roast – including spring lamb and all the special trimmings – to our incredibly decadent Easter bakes, and collection of homemade Easter eggs; we’ve got you covered for Easter every year, whether it’s early, late or somewhere in between.

Discover our guide to celebrating Easter at home (see our Easter lunch ideas), and you simply must give our Easter egg hunt a go.

Easter recipes and ideas

Easter baking

It’s a truth universally known that Easter is all the better for baking up, and eating, something sweet. You could go for soft hot cross buns or a caramelised white chocolate cheesecake to keep visitors satisfied. And who wouldn’t love an Easter cupcake?

6 of the best simnel cake recipes for Easter

Simnel cake is a traditional Easter bake. The rich, spiced fruit cake is topped with a thick layer of marzipan...

Two dark golden brioche loaves rippled with chocolate custard

Chocolate custard brioche

Set aside some time at the weekend to make these gorgeous chocolate brioche loaves from master baker Richard Bertinet. The...

Easter cupcakes

18 chocolate-packed Easter bakes you’ll want to eat right now

Good news, chocolate lovers: Easter is on its way. We’ve rounded up the best of our seriously chocolatey Easter bakes...

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4 three-course menus for April

With Easter just around the corner, we’ve created a fabulous feast for friends and family to enjoy over the long...

gail's hot cross buns

8 of the best hot cross bun recipes

Looking for the best hot cross bun recipes on the entire internet? You’re in the right place. Hot cross buns...

homemade Easter eggs

Homemade chocolate Easter eggs

Make your own beautiful homemade Easter eggs using white and dark chocolate, plus lots of tasty mini eggs and chocolate...

plan an easter egg hunt

How to plan an Easter egg hunt

delicious. intern Alexa Gandy has compiled everything you need to plan an extra ‘egg-citing’ Easter egg hunt, from a list...

how to make hot cross buns

How to make hot cross buns

Hot cross buns are the ultimate Easter treat and it’s actually easier than you might think to make at home....

Chocolate easter egg

Easter egg recipes

Yes, you can buy chocolate Easter eggs in all shapes and sizes many months before most of us even start...

Mini egg rocky road

Easter chocolate recipes

Get ready for a chocolate-packed Easter weekend! Our best-ever Easter chocolate recipes include dozens of ideas for adding extra chocolate...

Top 10 Easter cakes

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...

Coconut macaroon nests by Martha Collison

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,...

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