Easter recipes and menus

1. Hot cross buns

   Hot cross buns, traditionally eaten on Good Friday, are steeped in superstition. Sharing one of these sticky, fruity treats is meant to cement friendships, which is as good an excuse as any to bake a batch.

   Recipes for hot cross buns

   • Hot cross buns
   • Hot cross buns
   • Hot cross buns

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2. Homemade chocolate Easter eggs

   Forget big plastic boxes and cheap chocolate - make your own homemade Easter eggs for maximum taste (and fun!).

   Recipes for confectionery

   • Pistachio baklava with vanilla nectarines and cardamom custard
   • Chocolate Easter egg nest cakes
   • Walnut and pistachio baklava with almond and ginger ice cream

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3. Symbolic Simnel cake

   Simnel cake has been eaten since medieval times. A rich fruit cake topped with eleven marzipan balls that represent the eleven loyal apostles of Christ, it makes for a historic and symbolic mouthful.

   Recipes for simnel cake

   • Simnel cake
   • Mary Berry’s Simnel cake
   • Easter Simnel cake

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4. Easter baking

   From a traditional Simnel cake and hot cross buns to super easy recipes for easter egg nests, BBC Food has Easter baking covered!

   Recipes include

   • Hot cross buns
   • Chocolate Easter egg nest cakes
   • Easter Simnel cake

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5. Easter at Delia’s

   Delia’s family feast is a real show-stopper. After the juicy pork loin encased in sizzling crackling and the bright flavours of the four-tier lemon drizzle gâteau, your brood will never believe it was all such a doddle.

   Recipes include

   • Red onion tarte tatin
   • Roast pork with crackling
   • Sautéed caramelised fennel

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