Bake Together This Easter

Easter is a time of celebration, and what better way to mark the occasion than by gathering the family together for a day of baking? From little ones just learning their way around the kitchen to older children and adults with more experience, baking as a family can be fun, messy, and wonderfully rewarding. If you're planning an Easter bake, here's how to make it enjoyable for everyone.

Plan Your Easter Bakes Together
Start by getting everyone involved in choosing what to bake. Easter is full of delicious inspiration – think hot cross buns, carrot cake, chocolate nests, lemon drizzle cake, or bunny-shaped biscuits. Let each family member pick a recipe or contribute an idea. This gets everyone excited and gives them ownership of the bake.

If you’re baking with children, be sure to include a few simple, child-friendly recipes. No-bake options like crispy cakes made with cornflakes, melted chocolate, and mini eggs are always a hit and perfect for smaller hands.

Get Organised Before You Begin
Before the fun starts, make sure your kitchen is ready for a family baking session. Clear the surfaces, lay out your utensils, and measure out ingredients in advance where possible. This helps everything run more smoothly and keeps the focus on having fun rather than hunting for a missing mixing bowl.

Give each person a job based on their age and confidence level. Younger children can help with stirring, sprinkling decorations, or cutting shapes with biscuit cutters. Older kids might enjoy cracking eggs, weighing ingredients, or reading out the recipe steps.

Make It a Learning Experience
Baking is a brilliant way to teach kids valuable skills – not just about cooking, but about maths, reading, and even science. Let them weigh ingredients, read measurements, and time the bakes. Explain how yeast works in bread or why cakes rise in the oven.

And remember, things don’t have to be perfect – it’s all part of the process. If a cake sinks in the middle or someone drops a spoonful of flour, it just adds to the memories.

Decorate with Flair
Once the baking’s done, it’s time for the best part – decorating! Set out bowls of icing, sprinkles, chocolate eggs, and edible glitter, and let everyone go wild. Whether it’s pastel colours, bunny faces, or classic crosses on buns, decorating is where creativity can really shine.

If you're baking a larger cake or batch of cupcakes, let each family member decorate their own. You’ll end up with a wonderfully varied (and probably quite chaotic) Easter display.

Create a Cosy Easter Tea Party
Once everything’s baked and decorated, why not put on a little Easter tea party at home? Lay out your bakes on trays, make a pot of tea (or juice for the little ones), and enjoy the fruits of your labour together. You could even box up a few treats to drop off for neighbours or grandparents – a lovely way to spread some Easter cheer.

Our Final Thoughts
Baking as a family at Easter is about more than just the food – it’s about laughter, learning, and spending quality time together. Don’t stress about mess or perfection. Instead, focus on the shared experience and the joy of creating something with the people you love.

Whether you’re shaping dough, licking the spoon, or proudly showing off a slightly wonky bunny biscuit, you’re making memories that will last far longer than the bakes themselves.