Hot cross buns, cookies, cakes and brownies are all included in this chocolate-filled Easter desserts collection.
Your favourite glazed Easter buns get a spiced and boozed-up makeover! Slather them in a brown-sugar-and-rum-spiked butter for the ultimate finish.
"I like to prep the custard on Easter Saturday to serve with the pudding at Easter Sunday lunch. Allowing the custard to sit overnight results in an irresistibly creamy texture." – Phoebe Wood. You'll need to start this recipe 1 day ahead.
Hot cross buns and homemade custard baked into a silky skillet pudding? Now we're talking.
Take your buns up to the next level of decadence with these sweet brioche beauties. You'll need a sugar thermometer, a piping bag with 1cm plain nozzle and kitchen blowtorch for this recipe.
Glistening with malt chocolate butterscotch, this bundt cake is a must-bake.
Sorry, sultanas. The only thing that could possibly make hot cross buns better is figs. Oh, and this cinnamon butter is to die for.
Melted dark chocolate topped with cream. It doesn't get much better.
The nostalgia of Arnott's classic coconut, jam and pink icing meets the warming spice of a hot cross bun. Our Iced VoVo hot cross buns aren't just for Easter – they're great for any time of year.
Chocolate mousse and mocha are a match made in heaven. You’ll need to start this recipe at least 5 hours ahead, and you’ll need a 22cm springform pan for this recipe.
These vanilla and passionfruit hot cross buns will have you hoping Easter comes twice this year.
This decadent chocolate cake is inspired by the classic lamington. There's no couple better than coconut and choc. Flourless chocolate lamington cake
Time to update your afternoon tea roster? Yotam Ottolenghi is here to help. These sweet buns – lightly spiced and brushed with syrup – will become your coffee’s new best friend.
Preheat your oven, because Phoebe Wood has given us the best sweet bun recipe thus far, and it makes the most of what's already in the pantry.
"The combination of chocolate, lavender and lemon is an absolute winner in this cake," says Sue Quinn. This is an edited extract from Cocoa: An Exploration of Chocolate, With Recipes by Sue Quinn (Hardie Grant Books, $39.99).
These choc-raisin hot cross buns are the best way to kick off Easter, and the whole family will thank you for it.
