8 Recipes
Try one of our favourite spring baking recipes, bursting with seasonal flavours. Try a classic carrot cake, a rhubarb and custard sponge or a simnel-spiced traybake.
Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.
Try this delicious spring pasta bake recipe as a midweek family meal which freezes brilliantly. We’ve used orecchiette, but you can use whatever pasta you like
Give brownies an Easter twist with pieces of hot cross bun. Add any mix-ins you like; marzipan, chopped nuts and crystallised stem ginger work well
Celebrate Easter with a springtime seasonal bake. This classic simnel cake is packed with dried fruit and spices and topped with marzipan
Bake this classic Easter simnel cake. Top with 11 balls of marzipan – said to represent 11 of Jesus’s disciples, leaving off Judas – or with spring flowers
Top this classic carrot cake with moreish cream cheese icing and chopped walnuts or pecans. Serve as a sweet treat with a cup of tea any time of the day
This rhubarb sponge with orange and lemon zest can be served warm with a dollop of crème fraîche or cool as a cake – a spring dessert or afternoon tea treat
Jersey Royals, asparagus, purple sprouting broccoli, lemon and herbs make this one-pan dish a fresh and flavoursome supper
This American, pull-apart sweet treat is sticky, spiced and stuffed with pecans – an indulgent breakfast, brunch or dessert to share
