easy easter baking

Mary Berry makes it easy with this delicious coffee and walnut cake. It makes a great treat for Mother's Day.

Equipment and preparation: You will need two loose-bottomed 18cm/7in sandwich tins.


Mary Berry's coffee and walnut cake

grams/3½oz unsalted butter, softened,

grams/3½oz caster sugar

eggs

grams/3½oz self-raising flour

level tsp baking powder

50 grams/1¾oz chopped walnuts

tbsp coffee essence

grams/2¾oz unsalted butter, softened

225 grams/8 ounces icing sugar, sifted

tsp milk

tsp coffee essence

walnut halves, to decorate

Mary Berry's lemon drizzle traybake cake has been a hit since the 1960s, and this is the recipe she is most asked for when stopped in the street.

Equipment and preparation: for this recipe you will need a 30x23cm/12x9in tray bake tin.

Each serving provides 290 kcal, 4g protein, 38.5g carbohydrates (of which 25g sugars), 13.5g fat (of which 8g saturates), 0.7g fibre and 0.6g salt.

Lemon drizzle traybake cake

butter

caster sugar

flour

free-range eggs

tbsp milk

lemons,

lemon verbena (optional)

sugar

lemons, juice only

Mary Berry makes her lemon verbena drizzle cake.

Lemon Verbena Drizzle Cake

Brilliant to make with children over the holidays, these easy chocolate Easter nests are a perennial favourite.

Chocolate Easter egg nest cakes

golden syrup

grams/2¾oz cornflakes

chocolate eggs

This mini egg cheesecake is topped with a cute chocolate nest, but if you want to keep it simple there are lots of lovely mini eggs mixed through the cheesecake, too.  It's a no-bake recipe, so dead simple to make, but it needs a few hours to set (or ideally overnight).

Mini egg cheesecake

chocolate digestives

melted,

full-fat cream cheese,

90 grams/3¼oz icing sugar

vanilla bean paste

320 milliliters/11fl oz double cream

320 grams/11½oz sugar-coated chocolate mini

grams/1 ounces Shredded Wheat cereal

grams/2½oz chocolate,

salted butter

This easy carrot loaf cake makes a great afternoon tea recipe. The nut-flecked loaf topped with orange cream frosting is a winning combination.

Carrot cake loaf

140 milliliters/4¾fl oz vegetable oil,

light brown sugar

grams/10½oz grated carrot (grated weight)

grams/3½oz raisins

pecans

salt

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

cinnamon

½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg

½ tsp mixed spice

grams/1¾oz butter,

tsp vanilla extract

grams/1¾oz icing sugar, sifted

orange, zest only

This is the easy vanilla cupcake recipe we turn to for bake sales and school functions. It’s quick and easy and fairly foolproof. Get creative with the sprinkles or add a few drops of food colouring to brighten them up.

Need more? Use our <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/sponge_cake_calculator">cake calculator</a> to customise the recipe!

Easy vanilla cupcakes

200 grams/7 ounces unsalted butter,

icing sugar

grams/4½oz unsalted butter, softened

vanilla extract

milk

Our easy sponge cake recipe is foolproof. With only five ingredients this basic cake recipe just needs your favourite icing and you're sorted. It's a small sponge cake, made in an 18cm or 7in cake tin. 

If you are looking for a larger recipe for a different tin size, or with some additional icing, try our <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/sponge_cake_calculator"> sponge cake calculator</a> for the perfect fit to your equipment or style.

Easy sponge cake

125 grams/4 ounces self raising flour

lemon curd

Chocolate cake meets Victoria sponge in Mary's easiest ever chocolate cake recipe filled with cream and jam. 

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