Easter dessert recipes

Find the perfect pudding for your Easter meal with our wonderful Easter desserts. From trifles and tarts, to cheesecakes and crumbles, our recipes are sure to be a hit with all the family.

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Celebrate Easter with this festive, hot cross bun spin on a classic cheesecake. There's no buns involved, just sweet spices and raisins and the cake is marked with a chocolate cross.

Hot cross bun cheesecake

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There's no better way to celebrate Easter than with this stunning Easter sundae, loaded with vanilla ice cream and dripping with Belgian chocolate and salted caramel sauce

Chocolate and caramel Easter sundae

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You can’t go wrong with a classic crumble. This timeless pud is a great way to make the most of pretty seasonal rhubarb in spring, with the tangy fruit balanced by the oaty crumble topping. Best served with plenty of custard – always a winner with rhubarb.

Rhubarb crumble

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Lemon meringue pie

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Give this delicious baked cheesecake recipe a go – it's guaranteed to go down a treat and is a great way to finish off your showstopping Easter lunch

Baked fig, honey and walnut cheesecake

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Packed with tropical flavours, this papaya, passion fruit and meringue mess makes for a delicious dessert that can be made in less than 10 minutes

Papaya and passion fruit mess

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Cheesecake always impresses and this traditional vanilla number adds a slice of British springtime - not to mention a pop of colour - to proceedings with the sweet, juicy rhubarb topping.

Vanilla cheesecake with rhubarb

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Easter is the perfect occasion to indulge your inner chocoholic, so why not give this showstopping Easter dessert a go? The rich chocolate sponge bundt cake is topped with crunchy chocolate nests and mini chocolate eggs to really take things up a level.

Easter bundt cake

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Popular easter dessert recipes recipes

Strawberry cheesecake tarts

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Need something sweet but don’t want to cook? These strawberry cheesecake tarts are the answer. With a crumbly ginger biscuit base, Greek yogurt and soft cheese filling with strawberries and jam on top, these fruity treats are pure indulgence.

Serves 4
20mins to prepare, 5mins to cook and 25mins to cool
563 calories

Jon’s ‘laid-back’ Easter lamb

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Jon is almost as devoted to cooking as he is to a lie-in. Luckily he’s found a way to do both...

Serves 8
480 mins
562 calories

Kheer (rice pudding)

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Kheer is creamy and unctuous Indian rice pudding flavoured with cardamom and peppered with pistachios and other delicious nuts and seeds. Made with basmati rice, whole milk and sweet condensed milk, it can be served hot or cold.

Serves 6
30 mins
481 calories

Avocado, lemon and poppy seed cake

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Gem avocados are extra creamy, making them perfect for keeping this zesty cake super moist – don't worry, it won't taste like avocado

Serves 12
25 mins to prepare and 35 mins to cook, plus cooling
495 calories

Spiced slow-roasted lamb shoulder

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A recipe like this means only one thing, spring is here and the sun is coming out

Serves 6
5 hrs plus 6 hrs marinating
413 calories

Chocolate banoffee blancmange

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This sweet, wobbly yet set dessert might seem a bit retro but you'll forgive all that once you taste it

Serves 12
Takes 30 mins plus 6 hrs setting
249 calories

No-bake chocolate and caramel cheesecake

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This Easter-inspired recipe for no-bake chocolate and caramel cheesecake is quick, easy and an excellent way to use up any errant Cadbury caramel eggs you might have laying about

Serves 12
20 mins
381 calories

Bakewell blondies

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These sweet and fudgy dessert bars are the ultimate treat to make for someone special

Serves 0
55 mins
318 calories

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