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Easter baking recipes

Dust off your mixing spoon, man your oven and have your eggs at the ready as we present some of our all-time favourite Easter baking recipes, from praline bread pudding to those all-important hot cross buns.
Ciaramicola cake topped with Italian meringue and sprinklesWilliam Meppem (main)

Dust off your mixing spoon, man your oven and have your eggs at the ready as we present some of our all-time favourite Easter baking recipes, from Easter desserts to Easter lunch ideas. Play your desserts Easter adjacent with a classic carrot cake recipe, or put together a spectacular chocolate cake as your pièce de résistance dessert. For traditionalists, a hot cross bun wouldn’t go astray, but there’s something special about an Easter butterfly cupcake, too.

If you’re looking more for Easter brunch recipes, lean into Greek-style dishes with a silverbeet and feta filo tart, or perhaps something in between, like a maple, bacon and pumpkin tart.

Whether you’re a sweet or savoury baker, a chocolate chips or a shaved chocolate lover, or just hanging out for the Easter Bunny, you’ll find something impressive in our best Easter baking ideas.

Photo: Benito Martin

Sixpenny’s carrot cake with candied walnuts

Choc-cross buns
Photo: Mikkel Vang

Hot cross bun recipes

Sweet Italian Easter bread
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Sweet Italian Easter bread

Colomba Pasquale
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Colomba Pasquale

Ricotta and pecorino tarts (casadinas)
Photo: Anson Smart

Ricotta and pecorino tarts (casadinas)

Cassata
Photo: Vanessa Levis

Cassata

Golden half moon folded pastry on a plate.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Abruzzo cheese pies

Eight savoury buns together with a saucer of syrup.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Tuscan rosemary buns

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

Pitta ‘mpigliata (Calabrian dried fruit and nut pastries)

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Torta Pasqualina (Italian Easter pie)

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)

Photo: William Meppem

Almond and Rosewater Shortbread

Photo: Chris Chen

Praline Bread Pudding

Photo: William Meppem

Kefalonian Pie

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Kourabiedes

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Ginger Twist with Quince and Spiced Custard

Photo: Dean Wilmot

Hazelnut and Chocolate Puddings

Photo: Sharyn Cairns

Cinnamon Fingers Buns

Photo: Chris Court

Ensaimada

Photo: Chris Chen and Julian Kingma

Patouda

Photo: William Meppem

Jam Roll

Photo: Mikkel Vang

Silverbeet, Rice and Feta Fillo Tart

Photo: Luke Burgess

Strawberry and Mascarpone Rolled Sponge

Photo: Chris Chen

Chocolate Buns

Photo: William Meppem

Ciaramicola

Photo: Amanda McLauchlan

Brown Sugar Butterfly Cakes with Raspberry Cream

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Sesame Rings

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chocolate and Hazelnut Babka

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Maple, Bacon and Pumpkin Tart

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