Black bean brownies
Beans aren’t just for savoury recipes, as these joyful black bean brownies prove. They have a…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Makes 9⏱ 10 min hands-on · 25 min oven◆ Easy
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Easter baking ideas
Fill your home with the scent of cinnamon, marzipan and chocolate with our best Easter baking recipes. These ideas for hot cross buns, Easter cakes and chocolate treats are full of Easter magic.
Hot cross buns galore: Traditionally eaten on Good Friday, it’s hard to beat a fragrant homemade hot cross bun. Try our twists on the theme, including easy hot cross cookies, hot cross banana bread and savoury cheese and chilli versions.
Easter cakes: Bake a showstopper to slice and share. You can’t beat our best-ever carrot cake and simnel cake is a classic.
Chocolate inspiration: It wouldn’t be Easter without chocolate. How about a chocolate mini egg traybake or luxurious chocolate Guinness cheesecake for the grown-ups? Try making your own caramelised white chocolate for these dainty madeleines.
Bakes to make with kids: Our simple no-bake recipes for Mini Egg rocky road and Rice Krispie treats are great for a bake sale and we’ve got easy Easter cupcakes, too.
Just want cakes? Head over to our gorgeous Easter cakes section for inspiration.
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Giant peanut butter choc-chip cookie
This giant cookie is a speedy sweet sensation that’ll fill your kitchen with that freshly baked…
FreezableVegetarian
🍽 Serves 1-2⏱ 10 min hands-on · 13 min oven◆ Easy
Baklava dome cake
It looks impressive but this showstopper baklava dome cake is actually a cinch to assemble. It’s…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 10-12⏱ 1 hour hands-on · 25 min oven◆ Easy
Ottolenghi’s rhubarb and custard yo-yos (sandwich biscuits)
Yo-Yo biscuits are a beloved treat in Australia. This rhubarb and custard version from Yotam Ottolenghi,…
Vegetarian
🍽 Makes 15⏱ 20 min hands-on · 55 min oven◆ Easy
Mini eggs, chocolate and tahini Rice Krispie treats
Give rice krispie bars a grown-up makeover with nutty tahini, honey and salty pretzels. If you…
Vegetarian
🍽 Makes 9 bars (depending on how you cut them)⏱ 5 min hands-on · 5 min oven◆ Easy
Rhubarb and pistachio millionaires’ shortbread
Replacing the caramel layer in a millionaires’ shortbread with a set rhubarb purée makes it lighter,…
FreezableVegetarian
🍽 Makes 12 pieces⏱ 40 min hands-on · 3 hours 15 min oven◆ Medium
‘Banana’ cake
◆ Easy
Black and gold cookies
Chunks of golden caramelised white chocolate shine through rich dark chocolate dough in these indulgently chewy…
FreezableVegetarian
🍽 Makes about 16⏱ 45 min. Oven time 15 min hands-on · 15 min oven◆ Easy
Caramelised white chocolate madeleines
Fluffy madeleines are a treat warm from the oven, especially when they get a double dose…
Freezable
🍽 Makes 12⏱ 40 min hands-on · 11 min oven◆ Easy
Caramelised white chocolate
Fans of blond bars such as Caramac (sadly now discontinued) know there’s a fourth type of…
🍽 Makes 200g ⏱ 10 hours hands-on · 1 hour 30 min oven◆ Easy
Chocolate custard brioche
Homemade brioche dough filled with decadent chocolate pastry cream. Makes 2 beautiful loaves. The ultimate baked…
Freezable
🍽 2 servings
Hot cross banana bread
Banana bread meets hot cross buns in this delicious Easter loaf – or ‘bunana’ bread. A…
🍽 Makes 1 x 1kg loaf (6-8 slices)⏱ 30 min hands-on · 50 min oven◆ Medium
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