We always bake a lot at Easter. Only around Christmas, the baking situation is »worse«. By worse, we just mean we are baking even more around Christmas. There is nothing bad about it. ;P Though, Easter baking is a bit more fun, to be honest. In spring, you can work with the first berries and fruit that pops up on farmers markets, you have spring flowers for decorations… it’s really nice! That’s why we’ve put together the Top 10 of our Favorite Easter Recipes – everything from simple cookies to voluptuous cheesecakes. There should be something for everyone!
There is so much you can bake for Easter. A staple when it comes to Easter bakes, is a sweet braided loaf or an Easter bread. Without one of these, it would not be a perfect Easter. Everything else that ends up on the table depends on the amount of people that are coming for breakfast or brunch. The more, the merrier. But in that case, you also need more food… bread, cakes, little snacks, etc. ;P
Whenever family or friends are coming over for Easter, we prepare a cake or cupcakes. That’s the easiest way to have something for everyone. A sweet braided loaf or simple bread rolls are simply not enough in that case. If you want to make things easy for yourself, you can get everything from the bakery, of course. But to be honest – three days off means you have enough time to come up with something. ;P Doesn’t have to be complicated – as said – some cupcakes or cookies are already a good option…
1. Baked Carrot Cake Cheesecake
A delicious Carrot Cake Cheesecake has been our first choice for the past several years when it comes to serving cake for Easter. The mixture of cheesecake and carrot cake is so delicious and everyone loves the cake. A no-brainer to be honest. ;P
2. Cute Easter Bunny Cookies
In case you want to do less but still impress everyone – bake these little Easter Bunny Cookies. They are less work compared to decorating a cake but also great for an Easter brunch or breakfast. These little fellas can be your edible Easter decoration. So cute!
3. Easy Sweet Braided Loaf
This is the classic Easter bake in our house. Easter wouldn’t be the same without a Sweet Braided Loaf. It would be a long weekend with loads of food and some hidden eggs, but not a »real« Easter celebration. ;P
4. Carrot Cake Cupcakes
If you don’t want to make a whole carrot cake, you could also bake several small Carrot Cake Cupcakes – they not only look great, they also taste really delicious! Carrot cake fans should definitely take a closer look here.
5. Eierlikör Bundt Cake
Another classic that grandma always loved to bake around Easter – an Eierlikör Bundt Cake always looks great on the Easter sweet table. Even though eggnog may not be everyone’s cup of tea, the yellow cream liquor makes cakes super moist and actually really tasty.
6. Vanilla Custard Pastries
If you got a roll of puff pastry lying in your fridge and want to serve something easy and tasty for Easter, you should take a look at our Vanilla Custard Pastries that look like Easter eggs. So cute!
7. Fluffy Easter Bunnies
You like fluffy yeast and brioche bakes, but are not in the mood for hours of waiting?! Well… try these Fluffy Easter Bunnies made with quark-oil-dough. As fluffy and delicious as brioche but waaaay less complicated. ;P
8. Easter Bunny Chocolate Chip Cookies
Around Easter, we always have some chocolate bunnies from the supermarket lying around in our kitchen. Instead of biting off their heads, you could use them to bake cute Easter Bunny Chocolate Chip Cookies. Another bake that works great as decoration.
9. Easy Easter Cupcakes
Instead of a hole cake, you could also bake a few Cupcakes for Easter. Everybody likes cupcakes. At least here. Turn a basic recipe into a bunch of cute (and differently) decorated cupcakes – it’s super easy! Your guests will think you spent hours in the kitchen… but it only took minutes. ;P
10. Easy Carrot Cake Cookies
In case you don’t want to bake a big carrot cake or several carrot cake cupcakes, but still like the idea of carrots in your sweet bakes, you should take a look at these easy Carrot Cake Cookies. They taste just like their big siblings, but are much smaller, easier to handle, and quicker to bake and decorate. Win-win!
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I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;) 
