Chocolate chip hot cross buns

Kids can help make these alternative spiced Easter buns – the recipe helps with kneading, shaping, piping and division skills

Chocolate tiffin Easter nest

Frances Quinn’s fridge cake makes a great novelty centrepiece. Make the ‘nest’ from pretzels, peanuts and raisins, and fill with chocolate eggs

Chocolate layer cake with passion fruit icing

Great British Bake Off winner Jo Wheatley shares her never-fail sponge recipe in this layered cake with a zingy butter icing

Chocolate & hazelnut celebration cake

This hybrid brownie chocolate cake by John Whaite is a bold party bake. The toffee spikes transform it into a professional-standard dessert

Caramelised white chocolate, ginger caramel & macadamia tarts

This stunning patisserie-standard, mousse-like dessert from Great British Bake Off winner Edd Kimber is pure indulgence on a plate

Easter nest coconut & white chocolate cupcakes

Try saying no to these little sponges with frosting and clever bird decoration made with chocolate eggs

Boozy self-saucing chocolate pud

Break through the spongey chocolate topping to reveal a puddle of sauce in this super-simple dessert with Irish cream liqueur

Orange blossom & rose pudding

BBC Good Food Magazine reader Alicia Saad shares her recipe for croissant bread and butter pudding with a Middle Eastern twist

Chocolate sponge with hot chocolate custard

This rich, sticky chocolate cake is given a low-fat ‘bakeover’, then served with chocolate custard for a perfect retro, weekend pud

Orange & chocolate drizzle tart

This stunning dessert will show off your skills, but uses a clever cheat when making the pastry base

Chocolate, raspberry & rose Battenberg gateau

Traditional Battenberg is given a bakeover with this chocolate, rose and raspberry chequerboard cake

Violet creams

Try wooing someone with this romantic dessert based on the classic chocolate treats. Add crystallised roses and violets for a pretty finish