From cups of red velvet hot chocolate to smashed blackberry and goats cheese on toast, there’s something delectable to dabble in this Easter – no packaging required, talk about convenient!
Scroll for our gallery of must-try Easter recipes below:
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Put the ‘full’ in fanciful this Easter by heralding your creative streak. This blog shows you two different ways to decorate this cake made from a bought mix (epic if you’re low on time/skill), a homemade buttercream icing and a printable bunny ear template. Use liquorice for a simple yet effective rabbit face, or like shown, pluck some foliage from the garden for a ‘gram worthy upgrade. (No one will know you didn’t bake it from scratch).
For the recipe, visit Ella Claire Inspired.
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Another Nadia Lim recipe FTW. It’s like the red velvet hot chocolate, only naughtier and in the form of a cupcake. These are perfect to have prepared when expecting guests, or by the same coin, when visiting people over Easter. It’s a chocolate ganache; and no one can say no to chocolate ganache (unless they’re lactose intolerant, obvi).
For the recipe, visit Nadia Lim.
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The best thing about this prosecco cocktail is that – granted you’re not required to drive anywhere – you can drink it at any point during the day. Combining rosé and grapefruit, this sweet sensation not only looks beautiful but tastes it, too.
For the recipe, visit Crate and Barrel.
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Perfect for your Easter brunch, these traditional hot cross buns are elevated to unprecedented heights of deliciousness with a cream cheese icing and a sweeping of sweet syrup. Once you try these, you’ll never need another recipe.
For the recipe, visit Jo Cooks.
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Did your cousins throw you in the lake during the family Easter gathering and you need to warm up stat? We got you. Not only is this red velvet hot chocolate what raw-wholefood-organic-refined-free-vegan lover dreams are made of, but it packs a tonne of nutrients and satisfying rich flavour. This is bound to be a repeat offender over the autumn/winter months.
For the recipe, visit The Green Life.
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Easter Sunday is one of the few days in the calendar in which one can start their day with dessert with zero judgement. This bittersweet chocolate cake is fiercely complemented by a salted butter caramel sauce and a dousing of kosher salt. Need we say more?
For the recipe, visit Tartelette.
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Prefer your Easter goodness by way of a liquid? Look no further. Made with sweetened condensed milk, vanilla vodka, cream de cacao, and Cadbury’s finest, this sweet treat will seriously make your insides melt.
For the recipe, visit Brit + Co.
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This downright delightful recipe boasts a touch of sweet, a hint of savoury, and a whooole lot of crisp. Prepare for love at first bite.
For the recipe, visit Wry Toast Eats.
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This refreshing take on a traditional ring cake adds an airy texture—hence the name cloud—and is smothered in soft lemon-flavoured cream. Depending on your taste preferences, you’re free to garnish and decorate as you please. It’s the perfect blank canvas to get a bit creative!
For the recipe, visit Sainsbury’s.
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Hot cross buns gone stale? No problem. This Easter weekend breakfast treat can turn your leftover buns into a heavenly helping of everything we’ve come to love about Easter. Chocolate, bread and generous lashings of butter. Throw in some maple poached pears, custard or cream, and bon appetit.
For the recipe, visit Nadia Lim.
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If you need to come up for air amidst all the sugary goodness, might we sway you the direction of this surprisingly wholesome salad complete with seared lamb, grilled haloumi cheese, pomegranate seeds (or strawberries), diced kumara and cherry tomatoes. Mmmm, just mmmm.
For the recipe, visit Recipes.co.nz.
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If you’re a sucker for a sponge cake or keen to channel your inner 80-year-old, this is where you’ll pull up this Easter. Classic sponge stacked high with lashings of cream and raspberry jam gets a holiday-appropriate re-brand with loads of icing and mini eggs. If tucking into this and washing it down with a cup of coffee doesn’t scream #comfort, we don’t know what does.
For the recipe, visit Sainsbury’s.
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