Baking

Italian and Greek cuisines both feature a braided Easter bread dotted with colour-tinted hen's eggs. Although we love the classic recipe, we're partial to tucking candied eggs into these mini loaves just after baking for a hit of chocolate.

These mini-egg studded scones—a recipe from Hamilton, Ont.'s superb Cake and Loaf Bakery, which has now sadly closed—are almost cake-like in texture. If you'd rather make mini scones, reduce the baking time to 15 to 17 minutes.

These pretty spring shortbread—a recipe from Cake and Loaf Bakery in Hamilton, Ont.—stay delicious for weeks. (Just make sure to bake thoroughly so no moisture remains in the centre.)

Start with a package of frozen puff pastry and we guarantee you'll have flaky party tarts, even if you've never tackled a pie before.

Crunchy pecans and tangy rhubarb make this moist banana-bread alternative an addictively good loaf.