If there’s one thing we love about Easter it’s the fact that there are so many sweet treats to be enjoyed all day long. You can start your day with cup of tea and an icing-topped hot cross bun, you can nibble on Easter cookies in the afternoon while you whip up a few fun treats with the kids and then you can indulge in a celebratory cake or cupcakes after dinner—and no one will even question it!
Best of all, you don’t have to a pro baker or decorator to make something festive. Just take this cake, for example. Strawberries are easily transformed into adorable bunnies and carrots. Set atop a delicious cake, they make for an Easter dessert that everyone will be *hopping* to eat.
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This is a tall, moist carrot cake, light in texture and lightly spiced with cinnamon and touch of nutmeg. Heavy cream whipped into the cream cheese frosting makes it extra fluffy.
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Eggs
Forget dying Easter eggs — try making homemade chocolate eggs instead. Pick up a plastic or silicone egg mold and some pretty ribbon to make these springtime treats totally giftable.
Coconut Bunny Butt Cake
Crushed pineapple in the batter gives this cake a dense pound cake-like texture, which is helpful when anchoring the cupcakes and decorating. The cakes and cupcakes can be made a day ahead and wrapped in plastic wrap. Don’t worry if you’re frosting job doesn’t look perfect – covering the cake with coconut hides every flaw.
Fried Cadbury Eggs
Just when you thought there was nothing else to fry, we found the best new thing. This fried candy treat has a warm, oozy center and a crisp, golden crust.
Giant Easter Egg Cookie
Save time by using store-bought cookie dough for this giant treat. Top with homemade icing and attach the candies in patterns to make a decorative Easter egg.
Bunny Cake
This festive treat is made with round cakes (no fancy cake pan needed) and decorated with shredded coconut fur and candy features—making it completely doable, especially with our recipe and how-to video.
Peep Sunflower Cake
There’s a bounty of cupcakes hiding under this lovely sunflower, making it the perfect centerpiece for a springtime party. The adorable marshmallow chicks on top add a bit of whimsy too.
Bunny Butt Doughnut
Here’s an easy and adorable way to dress up plain cake doughnuts for Easter that requires no special tools or techniques. It’s best to start with non-sugared plain doughnuts so all of the bunny parts stick.
Bunny Butt Snickerdoodle Cookies
Turn store-bought cookie dough into an adorable and subtly spiced Easter treat.
Chocolate Pastel Easter Cake with a Chocolate Vermicelli Nest
Moist chocolate cake is frosted with an easy, fluffy buttercream and topped with a chocolate nest for this festive Easter dessert. The nest is made from fried rice vermicelli, lightly salted and coated in chocolate for a crispy treat.
Southern Banana Pudding
Not-too-sweet vanilla custard gets a blanket of soft toasted meringue in this Southern-style banana pudding. Let the pudding base sit overnight so the cookies soften and the banana flavor infuses the custard. If you like your cookies crisp, top the pudding with meringue and bake without resting.
Butterscotch Bird Nests
Part candy, part cookie, these candy nests are easy to make, and the crunchy, salty pretzels are delicious with the sweet butterscotch coating. Kids can help by breaking the pretzels, shaping the nests and arranging the eggs on them.
Raspberry-Lemon Easter Cake
This adorable cake is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Kids will love the festive bunny-shaped sugar-cookie decorations, and adults will appreciate the moist lemon cake and not-too-sweet raspberry filling.
Pavlova Eggs with Lemon Curd
This fun and beautiful Easter treat is deceptively easy to make. Fill sweet meringues with a tart homemade lemon curd. To get the most volume when making your meringues, make sure the beaters and bowl are super clean.
