Kick Off Easter With The Best Hot Cross Buns In Adelaide (2026 Edition)

Founded in 2020 by pastry chef Megan Bowditch and Anna Rogers, Prove Patisserie is famous for 72-hour laminated croissants, sourdough, and seasonal danishes, often selling out early.

And their annual hot cross buns are no exception. Made from semi sourdough, this year features their famous traditional buns packed full of fruit and a choc chip variety made with melt-in-your-mouth Belgian chocolate.

The Lost Loaf

6/14 Fourth Street, Bowden

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The unmissable artisan bakery in Bowden’s Plant 3 precinct, The Lost Loaf has earned a reputation for its 36-hour fermented sourdough and a key ingredient in their just-in-time-for-Easter signature sourdough hot cross buns full of fruits – a mix of Australian apricots, figs, currants and sultanas.

Nestled along North Adelaide’s hyper cool Melbourne Street, Butter & Toast is a hole-in-the-wall cafe whose pastries and baked goods pack a mean punch. For this Easter, they’ll be serving up both traditional and a chocolate hot cross buns, with the option of decadent chocolate ganache inside too.

Verté Kitchen

240 Strathalbyn Road, Mylor

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Getting to Verté Kitchen may be a drive for most Adelaidians, but their hot cross buns are worth the mileage. Vegan-friendly and flavour aplenty, the  French-inspired cafe is offering a mix of rye, fig, dark chocolate and cardamon hot cross buns this Easter. Oh la la.

Jenny’s Bakery

Various locations

Home to some of Adelaide’s best sandwiches and pastries, Jenny’s Bakery is serving up once again for Easter some hot-and-heavy traditional hot cross buns, as well as their “not cross buns” or non-traditional variety, and a delicious hot cross donut hybrid. Can’t choose? Get ‘em all.

Shadow Baking

8/1 Colley Terrace, Glenelg

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Ice cream giant Messina’s sister shop Shadow Baking is back again this year with their hybrid hot cross scrolls: a laminated hot cross bun dough with custard and soaked fruit. There’s also a chocolate version up for grabs this Easter. Run, don't walk.

Banana Boogie Bakery

4/10 Main Road, Belair

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Banana Boogie Bakery is sticking to the classics this Easter with their fruit hot cross bun, perfectly spiced with the juiciest local fruit they could source. “It has taken many months of tweaking and refining, but we feel like we've finally perfected the recipe!,” says the Belair-based bakery. The perfect-recipe buns will also be available at their express location in North Plympton.