Easter cakes and hot cross buns to enjoy with your little bunnies

Christmas gets many of us into an absolute frenzy of baking but I love all the Easter specialities too, says Darina Allen.

There’s still time to make a Simnel Cake with a thick layer of marzipan baked in the centre and a toasted marzipan coating the eleven marzipan balls on top, representing the apostles.

Yes you’re right, there should be 12 but Judas doesn’t make it to the top of the cake because he betrayed Jesus.