Best Easter Recipes For Kids

Searching for Easter activities for kids? Cooking is always a holiday entertainment winner, so set the steam mop and stick vac on charge (because making a mess is part of the fun!) and get into these easy Easter baking recipes for kids.

We know little hands need a little help, so call on a cavalry of small appliances – think foolproof dessert machines and the extra muscle of a stand mixer – then crank up the oven for supervised fun in the kitchen. We even have tips to make the clean-up exciting for kids!

Here’s our checklist for a successful mini-chef session this Easter.

When Is Easter 2024?

Good Friday falls on March 29 and Easter Sunday (chocolate day!) is on March 31. That’s plenty of time to start planning your Easter feast or seafood BBQ and get some practice in with the kids for all the tastiest  Easter dessert recipes.

Get Organised In The Kitchen

Cooking with kids calls for two cups of patience and a large serving of kitchen organisation. Get everything you need out first, so you’re not digging in the cupboards while Grade 1 maths is being applied to critical measurements.  

You also need the right tools for the job. Stand mixers and hand mixers give little chefs the chance to be involved, with the confidence that all ingredients will be properly blended, and tiny fingers will be kept safe.

Shop Mixers

Kenwood Kenwood Classic (Chef Size)Breville The Handy Mix and Store

Sunbeam White Planetary Heat Soft Mixmaster

Keeping Kids Safe In The Kitchen

When kids are in the kitchen, safety is key. The latest ovens with cool-touch glass are a modern safety must-have; or make use of an auto turn-off function in case you get distracted by a meltdown over who gets to lick the spoon first. Looking to upgrade to take advantage of these next-gen oven safety features? Why not take advantage of time- and energy-saving functions while you’re at it! Have you heard about the oven that cleans itself?!

“Pyrolytic ovens sound almost too good to be true, but their self-clean setting is a baker's best friend,” says Tania Grillinzoni, The Good Guys Buyer – Cooking and Dishwashers. “These ovens use superhigh heat to turn any spills or mixture overflow into ash, which means they will only ever need a quick wipe-down once they’re cool.”

“Pyrolytic ovens sound almost too good to be true, but their self-clean setting is a baker's best friend.”

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Bosch 60cm Pyrolytic Oven Series 4Haier 60cm Pyrolytic Oven Black

Westinghouse 90cm Pyrolytic Oven – Dark Stainless

Easy Easter Baking Recipes The Kids Will Love

Easter Carrot Cake Chicks

Veggies in a cake? That’s one way to get the kids to eat them!  This recipe from Bosch is perfect for budding chefs and a breeze to cook in the Bosch  Steam Oven Series 8.

Prep and cook time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs     

• 80g granulated sugar

• 40g carrots, cooked and mashed

• 110ml olive oil        

• 100g cake flour

• 6g baking powder

• 20g corn flour

• 1 tsp cinnamon powder          

• Shredded coconut

• Yellow food colouring

• Eyeball Candy (available in supermarket baking aisle)

• Carrots, cut into small triangles

Method

1. Mix eggs, sugar and olive oil with a kitchen mixer. Use the stirring whisk for mixing.

2. Stir in the mashed carrots. Sift the cake flour, baking powder, corn flour and cinnamon. Continue to mix at low speed.

3. Pour the mixture into cake moulds with 5cm diameter (and lined with baking paper). Place into a steam oven and cook at 100℃ for 10 minutes.

4. Mix the shredded coconut with yellow food colouring.

5. Remove the cakes from the oven. Cover with shredded coconut while still hot.

6. When cooled, add on candy eyeballs and garnish with the triangular shaped carrot pieces (as the chick’s beak).

Easter Cupcakes

These cute cupcakes are bite-sized tummy fillers, recommended by the team at Sunbeam. Bake extra for afternoon snacks over the break.

Prep and cook time: 30 minutes

Serves 12

Ingredients

• 185g butter, softened

• 165g caster sugar

• 3 eggs

• 1/2 cup (125ml) milk

• 1 1/2 cups (225g) self-raising flour

• 1/3 cup (35g) cocoa powder, sifted

• 300g tin Caramel Top ‘n’ Fill

• 12 mini Easter eggs to decorate

• 1/2 cup (45g) shredded coconut

Chocolate Buttercream Icing:

• 250g butter, room temperature

• 2 cups (300g) icing sugar

• 1/2 cup dark cocoa

• 100g chocolate, melted

• 1/4 cup (60ml) milk

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper cases.

2. Place butter and sugar into the bowl of the Sunbeam Mixmaster and beat until light in colour. Add eggs, one at a time, then milk, flour and cocoa on low speed until ingredients are combined.

3. Drop 1/4 cups of mixture into paper cases. Bake approximately20 minutes.

4. Stand cakes in a pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.

To Make Icing:

1. Place the butter in the bowl of the Sunbeam Mixmaster and beat on high speed until pale in colour. Add the icing sugar and beat for a further 3 minutes.

2. Add the cocoa and melted chocolate and beat on medium speed until well combined. Pour in the milk and beat for a further one minute on high speed.

To Decorate:

1. Cut a circle out from the top of each cake and fill the hole with the caramel. Sit the lid back on top of the caramel.

2. Fill a piping bag fitted with a rosette nozzle with the chocolate butter cream. Pipe a rosette on top of each of the cupcakes.

3. Place a small Easter egg on top of the rosette and sprinkle with shredded coconut.

Make sweet Easter memories in the kitchen this year while you help your little ones master the latest small appliances. The Good Guys are here to help you get ready for some fun Easter baking with the kids – head in-store or online today.