Quick answer
What do you bake at Easter?
The classics are sweet Easter bread, a lamb-shaped cake, and 'Judas' rolls. On the savory side there's herb stuffing with nettles or wild garlic, and roast lamb. Plus lots of eggs.
Easter
Easter smells of buttery dough and fresh herbs — sweet bread, lamb cake, stuffing, and eggs a hundred ways. Find sweet baking and savory classics for the spring festive table. Whether you keep the traditions or want something new, you'll find it here.
Best recipes
Traditional walnut easter lamb cake with chocolate glaze
Easter marbled bunny cake with brown butter and strawberries
Easter jidáše with honey and lemon zest
Banana easter bunny bundt cake with vanilla and spices
Pistachio cupcakes with lemon curd and mascarpone cream
Adorable easter bunnies made from yeast dough
Easter lamb sponge cake
Easter stuffing
Easter eggs
Easter quiche with wild garlic
Easter classic: fragrant mazanec bread
Homemade almond butter cookies
Traditional easter bread stuffing with wild garlic
Soft, fluffy and perfect easter lamb cake
No-mold easter lamb cake
Easter wreath bread with colored eggs
Judas buns: traditional easter pastry
Frequently asked questions
How do I bake fluffy Easter bread?
The key is a well-kneaded yeast dough and enough rising time. Don't rush — let it double in size. The recipe walks you through it step by step.
What should I cook for Easter lunch?
The classic is roast lamb or kid with spring vegetables, or an herb stuffing. Add fresh bread and eggs.
How do I dye eggs naturally?
Onion skins give golden brown, beetroot pink, turmeric yellow, and red cabbage blue. Boil the eggs right in the dye and let them cool in it — the color comes out deeper.
What are Judas rolls and when are they baked?
Spirals of sweet yeast dough, traditionally baked for Maundy Thursday. You eat them in the morning brushed with honey — for a year of good health, so the tradition says.