Swiss Easter Recipes

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If you’re looking for some Swiss baking inspiration for Easter, here are five sweet recipes from Switzerland for you.

1. Carrot Cake

The Aargauer Rueblitorte is a Swiss carrot cake from the canton of Aargau that I make with an American-style cream cheese frosting.

My Swiss carrot cake recipe can be made gluten-free. In Switzerland, they often top these cakes with marzipan carrots. Brown Rice

2. Zopfhasen

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3. Absinthe Bundt Cake

While not a typical Easter recipe, this festive cake uses a very Swiss ingredient: absinthe. Brown Rice Photo credit: Bilderküche by Marco Zaugg

4. Osterfladen

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5. Pain de Pâques

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