Easter Desserts/Baking Recipes & Videos
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Hot Cross Buns |
Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons |
Coconut Cupcakes |
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This round, rich, sweet,
yeast bun is traditionally served on Good Friday. Made of milk,
yeast, sugar, flour, spices (such as cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and
cloves), eggs, butter, currants, raisins and/or candied fruit.
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Chocolate Dipped Coconut
Macaroons have wonderfully crispy edges and soft and chewy centers. They
are lovely when dipped in melted chocolate.
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Coconut Cupcakes, sometimes
called Snowball Cupcakes, take a sweet and buttery white cake and cover
it with a tangy cream cheese frosting and coconut.
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Easter Nests |
Sugar Cookies |
Coconut Macaroons |
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Melted semi sweet or
milk chocolate and crunchy chow mein noodles are the only two
ingredients that you need to make these cute chocolate Easter nests.
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These sweet and buttery
cut-out cookies are always a favorite for not only can you tailor the
shape of the cookie to the occasion but you can also dress them simply
with granulated or colored sugars or make them very decorative by
frosting them with royal icing. more |
Coconut Macaroons have a
wonderfully sweet coconut flavor with a crisp exterior and a soft and
chewy texture. more |
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Orange Chiffon Cake |
Chocolate Cupcakes |
New York Style Cheesecake |
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This Orange Chiffon
Cake has the flavor of oranges with a wonderful light and spongy
texture.
It has a moist and tender crumb and that keeps the cake soft even when
refrigerated.
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These beautiful chocolate
cupcakes have a wonderful chocolate flavor and are frosted with a
chocolate fudge frosting. more |
New
York Style Cheesecakes are creamy, and smooth, and rich, and dense, and
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Celebrations
always need a special dessert and Easter is no exception. Easter
has two sides; the religious and the commercial. While the
religious side of Easter celebrates the resurrection of
Jesus on the third day (Easter Sunday) after his crucifixion
(Good Friday), the commercial side involves feasting,
decorating and hunting for Easter eggs, and lots of
chocolate and candy.
Easter has certain foods attached to it, but they differ
from country to country and from family to family. One tradition my family enjoys
is to have Hot
Cross Buns on Good Friday. These sweet yeast buns are
flavored with spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves) and loaded
with currants (or raisins) and candied fruit. What makes them so
distinctive looking is that the tops of the buns are marked with a cross
which symbolically represents the Cross of Christ and the
Crucifixion. If you are superstitious you will like the tale that
Hot Cross Buns baked on Good Friday never become moldy and they say that
you should save one bun as a good luck charm until the next year's buns
are made.
Since the commercial side of Easter is
primarily for children, I always liked to do something special with my
kids. When they were small I often held a neighborhood cookie decorating
party. First I would make a large batch of sugar cookies, made in the
shapes of bunnies, chicks, and eggs. Then I would have small bowls
of different colored royal icing and lots of colored sprinkles. Each
child would get a paper plate and a small spatula and how they loved
creating their own masterpieces. Since this is a messy process, I found
it best to cover the table with a plastic disposable tablecloth and
aprons are definitely a good idea.
Lastly, there are so many choices for Easter
desserts. Carrot Cake is one of my personal favorites, whether in cake
form or as individual Easter Baskets. The chocolate lover may be
inclined to make the Chocolate Butter Cake or the
Easter Chocolate Cake. Other ideas are the Red
Velvet Cake, Coconut Cake, or the Hummingbird Cake. If strawberries
are available you may want to make the Meringue Cake with Strawberries and
Cream. Another great idea is the Shortbread Tarts filled with cream and topped with fresh
berries. So enjoy this time with family and friends
and have a Happy Easter.
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Banana Cream Pie |
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie |
Pecan
Pie |
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A Banana Cream Pie
is all about crisp pastry, a velvety smooth vanilla flavored filling, loads of bananas, all covered
with fluffy whipped cream. more |
This homemade Strawberry
Rhubarb Pie, encased in a delicious buttery pastry, is full of sweet
strawberries and tangy rhubarb. more |
Pecan Pie is a delicious
combination of toasted pecans, sugar, and eggs which gives this pie
wonderful flavor with a dense and chewy texture.
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Chocolate Cheesecake |
Easy Fruit Tart |
Coconut Cake |
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A Chocolate Cheesecake is a real showstopper that combines three
delicious layers of chocolate. The cheesecake layer is smooth and creamy
that will remind you of a thick chocolate mousse.
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This Easy Fruit Tart has a
buttery sweet shortbread crust, a creamy smooth filling made with
mascarpone cheese and heavy cream, and lots of beautiful fresh fruit.
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This cake consists of layers
of moist coconut-flavored butter cake that are filled with a tangy lemon
curd and then the entire cake is frosted with a smooth and shiny
7-Minute Frosting and sweetened coconut. more |
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Hummingbird Cake |
Lemon Tart |
Carrot Cake |
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This Hummingbird Cake is
moist and flavorful with chopped pecans, crushed pineapple, and mashed
bananas. It is frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting.
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This Lemon Tart has a
buttery shortbread crust, a creamy lemon filling, and lovely swirls
of whipped cream on top. Absolutely Delicious.
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This Carrot Cake is moist and
flavorful with grated carrots and is frosted with a delicious cream cheese
frosting. more |
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White Butter Cake |
Fruit Tart |
Pavlova |
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There are many ways to
serve this cake, from the formal where it is lavishly filled and
frosted, to other times when you may want to serve it plain with just a
dusting of powdered sugar. more |
Everyone loves the
elegance of a fruit tart with its topping of beautiful fresh fruit.
Whether you use a single fruit (like strawberries) or a medley of
berries, sliced kiwi, plums, bananas, pineapple, and/or melon no one
can resist its beauty. more |
This meringue cake, with its
unusual soft sweet marshmallow center and crisp crust is produced by
folding a little vinegar and cornstarch into the stiffly beaten egg whites
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Individual Cheesecakes |
Chocolate Truffles |
Cream Puffs |
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Individual Cheesecakes have
a lovely creamy smooth texture and are wonderfully rich.
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These rich and elegant,
bite-sized round petit fours are made from a mixture of dark or white
chocolate and cream to which various flavorings can be added: butter,
liqueurs, extracts, nuts, coffee, purees, spices, candied or dried
fruits. more |
A favorite is the cream puff
which is a hollow round of crisp choux pastry that is split in half,
filled with a cream or custard, and dusted with powdered sugar.
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Cinnamon Rolls (Buns) |
Ham & Egg Pie |
Sponge Cake filled with Raspberry Cream |
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Although you may be able
to buy these gorgeous buns, nothing compares to the smiles you are
rewarded with when your family wakes up to the smell of these baking
in the oven. more |
A good breakfast or
brunch dish with its puff pastry crust layered with ham and eggs.
Using frozen store bought puff pastry makes this dish easy to put
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Sponge Cakes presented in
this way have a beautiful pinwheel design and they are often filled with
toppings like lemon curd, jam or preserves, fruit sauces, chopped nuts,
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Strawberry Ice Cream |
Strawberry Shortcake |
Strawberry Rhubarb Tarts |
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Strawberry Ice Cream is made with strawberry puree which gives it a lovely
strawberry flavor. more |
Strawberry Shortcake is
composed of a scone or biscuit that is cut in half and filled with
whipped cream and lightly sweetened strawberries.
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The flavors of sweet
strawberries and tart rhubarb complement each other and are
beautifully showcased when wrapped in the buttery and crumbly
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Profiteroles |
Angel Food Cake |
Chocolate Brownies |
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Sweet Profiteroles are
delicious. This dessert takes small, crisp, hollow rounds of choux
pastry and fills them with ice cream and drizzles a warm chocolate sauce
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Angel Food Cake has a sweet
golden brown crust and a soft and spongy, snowy white interior.
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Chocolate Brownies have
a lovely deep chocolate flavor and dense fudge-like texture that are
topped with a smooth and glossy Ganache frosting. more |
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Chocolate Easter Cake |
Carrot Cupcakes |
Lemon Cheesecakes |
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This Chocolate Easter
Cake starts with a delicious Chocolate Torte coverd with a smooth
and shiny chocolate ganache. Garnish with rosettes of whipped
ganache and chocolate Easter eggs.
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Carrot Cupcakes are moist
and flavorful with grated carrots and nuts and are frosted with a
delicious cream cheese frosting. more |
Each individual Lemon Cheesecake
has a New York style cheesecake filling that is set in a graham cracker
crust and topped with a layer of lemon curd.
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Meringue Cake |
Chocolate Angel Food Cake |
Lemon Frosted Lemon Cake |
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This cake
has two layers, with each
layer having a golden brown meringue baked directly on top of a yellow
butter cake. Once baked and cooled the two layers are sandwiched
together with whipped cream and fresh strawberries
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I love this Angel Food
Cake's lovely chocolate brown color and its uneven and ragged top and
sides. It has a wonderful airy lightness and a subtle chocolate flavor,
that can be eaten alone or with fresh berries and cream
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A simple pound-like
cake that has a wonderful citrus flavor that comes from adding both
lemon zest and juice to the batter. A lemon glaze finishes this cake off
nicely.
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Clementine Torte |
Chocolate Torte |
No Bake Cheesecake |
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This Clementine Torte
contains whole cooked Clementines, peel and all.
It is dense and moist, flavored with the oranges, ground almonds, eggs,
and sugar. No butter or oil is needed.
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Chocolate Torte with
its broken and cracked surface has a rich
and chocolately flavored, with an almost pudding-like texture.
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A No Bake Cheesecake
combines a graham cracker crust with a light and creamy no-bake
cheesecake filling. The finishing touch is a sweet cherry topping.
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Chocolate
Butter Cake |
Ricotta Cheesecake |
Key Lime Pie |
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This beautiful
Chocolate Butter Cake has two layers of moist and tender chocolate
butter cake sandwiched together and frosted with a delicious chocolate
frosting. more |
This Ricotta Cheesecake
uses both ricotta
cheese and cream cheese to produce a cheesecake that is creamy smooth yet
wonderfully light and fluffy. more |
Key Lime Pie has a sweet and
grainy graham cracker crust, a creamy and tangy lime flavored filling,
and is topped with a soft and fluffy whipped cream.
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Apple Tart with Cream Cheese Filling |
Easter Cookies |
Chocolate Ice Cream |
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This delicious Apple Tart
has a shortbread crust, topped with a cream cheese filling and slices of
lightly sweetened apple. more |
Easter Cookies
(Biscuits) are an English favorite that contain ground cinnamon,
currants, and mixed candied peel.
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If
you are a chocolate lover, then you definitely need to have a recipe for
chocolate ice cream. more |
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Red Velvet Cake |
Peanut Butter Pie |
Apple Pie |
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Red Velvet Cake is very
dramatic looking with its bright red color sharply contrasted by a white
frosting. more |
This elegant Peanut Butter
Pie has a chocolate crust, a rich and creamy peanut butter filling, and
a smooth chocolate Ganache topping. more |
The Apple Pie, with its
two rounds of pastry enclosing slices of cinnamon sugared apples, is
a favorite dessert in North America. more |
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