A fresh take on a festive Easter favourite!
Want to offer your customers something unique this Easter (or all year round)? Try Suprima’s versatile fruit-filled bun dough to create a delicious hot cross bun cake—a perfect blend of tradition and innovation.
Let’s get you set up to sell hot cross bun cakes to your bakery or cafe customers.
Is it a cake?
Is it a pull apart?
Is it a hot cross bun?
It’s all three! This delightful creation combines the soft, spiced flavours of a hot cross bun with the fun, shareable appeal of a pull-apart. Your customers will love this fresh twist on an Easter favourite.
You can bake an easter pull apart using Suprima Bakeries versatile fruit filled bun dough. Bake hot cross buns and this hot cross bun cake all year round, to ensure your customers taste buds are tingling throughout the festive period and beyond.
Read on to learn how you can make this hot cross bun cake in your business or bakery.
Why are pull aparts so popular?
What are pull apart cakes? Pull apart cakes have the look of a typical round cake, bun or loaf, but with the ease of portioning.
Pull-aparts look great and they’re also incredibly practical. Here’s why:
- Easy to serve. No slicing required! Customers simply pull off a piece and enjoy.
- Perfect for any occasion. Ideal for family gatherings, kids’ parties, or weekend brunches.
- Quick to prepare. Our ready-made dough eliminates the hassle of sourcing and mixing ingredients.
As individual dough balls are used in the preparation of a pull apart, your customers won’t need a cake or bread knife to divvy up the delight.
Instead, they can dive right in and pull apart the pieces they want!
This hot cross bun pull apart is great for kids’ birthdays, large receptions, weekend picnics or any other event where many people are gathering.
The best part is that our customisable dough base is the perfect solution for your business, as the dough is done for you! This saves you time and money on sourcing non-standard ingredients.
Offer your customers a much wider range of products without the extra hassle, time and creating new recipes from scratch.
Preparation Instructions for Hot Cross Bun Cake / Pull Apart
By using Suprima’s versatile Traditional Hot Cross Buns fruit filled dough base, making a hot cross bun pull apart will take minimum effort. Using the Suprima fruit filled bun dough, follow the preparation instructions on our method sheet.
It’s as easy as:
- Thaw the frozen dough.
- Shape the dough into a round pull-apart or desired formation.
- Customise with additional fillings or toppings (optional).
- Proof the dough until it has risen.
- Bake until golden brown.
- Glaze and finish with bun wash, icing, or your favourite toppings.
Need detailed instructions? Our method sheet provides everything you need for a perfect bake every time.
To finish your pull apart, glaze with bun wash, and finish with garnish, glaze, drizzle or any other type of delicious topping.
Creative Variations
Add a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar.
You could try melted butter or whipped ricotta and honey for a special touch.
You could also get really creative and decorate your easter bun cake with bunnies and other easter-themed garnishes.
If you were to make a traditional pull apart from scratch, you would need to source a range of ingredients, perfect a recipe, allocate preparation time etc.
It is easier to simply bake fresh with Suprima Bakeries.
Choc On?
The Easter bunny is feeling extra festive, which means plenty of leftover chocolate eggs! However, what do you do with all this leftover chocolate?
The answer: break the chocolate eggs up and press into the tops of each of the dough balls before baking.
You now have a chocolate hot cross bun pull apart – chocolate lovers lookout!
A Versatile Solution for Your Bakery
The same Suprima fruit-filled dough you use for hot cross buns can also be used to create:
- Fruit-filled tea cakes
- Cream buns
- Other seasonal variations
With our ready-made frozen dough, you can save time and money while offering your customers a wider range of freshly baked products.
> Discover Suprima’s original hot cross bun frozen dough here.
