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Easter desserts that aren’t hot cross buns

But there are hot cross cannoli...
Easter desserts version of hot cross buns by Dan Pepperell: hot cross canoli.

Hot cross cannoli

Seeking special Easter dessert ideas this year? You can’t go past chef Dan Pepperell’s hot cross cannoli. The Albertos’ Lounge chef describes it as “what Tony Soprano would eat at Easter time,” and we’re inclined to agree.

For Greek-style Easter dessert recipes, reach for Jonathan Barthelmess‘s strawberry galaktoboureko or the tsoureki (Greek Easter bread); or to celebrate like the Russians do, make the kulich, the traditional Easter bread of Russia. A bit on the nose though it may be, Sixpenny’s carrot cake is an impressive Easter dessert to master. We also have a cheeky chocolate version on the UK’s simnel cake. It’s Easter, after all, so chocolate is a must.

William Meppem

Ciaramicola

Benito Martin

Sixpenny’s carrot cake with candied walnuts

Two twisted pastries with big blue candied eggs in the centre. The pastries look as though they are a nest for the egg.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Cuddura Cull’ova (Sicilian Easter biscuits)

Aerial view of three Calabrian dried fruit and nut pastries on a blue plate.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Calabrian dried fruit and nut pastry (Pitta ‘mpigliata)

Ricotta and pecorino tarts (casadinas)
Photo: Anson Smart

Ricotta and pecorino tarts (casadinas)

Cassata
Photo: Vanessa Levis

Cassata

Chocolate and hazelnut babka

Chocolate and hazelnut babka

Colomba Pasquale
Ben Dearnley

Colomba Pasquale

Sweet Italian Easter bread
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Sweet Italian Easter bread (gubana)

Rhubarb and chocolate tart
Photo: Mikkel Vang

Rhubarb and chocolate tart

Mandarin and almond babka
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Mandarin and almond babka

Kulich
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Kulich

Saffron kulich with candied lemon glaze
Photo: William Meppem

Saffron kulich with candied lemon glaze

Photo: Alicia Taylor

Strawberry galaktoboureko

Photo: William Meppem

Orange-scented schiacciata

Sticky caramel buns
Photo: William Meppem

Folar da Páscoa

Greek Easter bread (Tsoureki)
Photo: William Meppem

Greek Easter bread (Tsoureki)

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Alistair Wise’s sfogliatelle

Photo: Mikkel Vang

Chocolate scrolls

Six twisted buns, dusted with icing sugar, on a black background.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Sweet cinnamon buns

Italian Easter tart
Photo: William Meppem

Flour & Stone’s Italian Easter tart

Hot cross cannoli
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Dan Pepperell’s hot cross cannoli

Photo: William Meppem

Chocolate and almond simnel cake

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chocolate Easter eggs

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