Easter Sunday brunch is as much a part of Easter as the traditional egg hunt. Find out what makes Easter brunch so popular and what it takes to make your breakfast buffet appealing to your guests.
Easter Sunday Brunch : tradition and modernity
Easter is a traditional holiday with a multitude of customs. These include egg decorating, egg hunts, Easter candles, Easter lambs, Easter bonfires and, of course, brunch.
Many people associate Easter with nature walks, long family weekends and delicious meals. Easter brunch after Lent is a tradition in many families. From Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday evening, Christian believers renounce meat, eggs and desserts. The end of Lent marks the return of the pleasures of the table.
On Easter Sunday Brunch, breakfast is served in style to family and close friends. Egg dishes and colorful Easter eggs, homemade Easter braid, fresh salad and colorful soup with spring vegetables are all part of a perfect brunch for this holiday. Get inspired by our Easter buffet ideas.
Easter Sunday Brunch : tradition and modernity
Easter is a traditional holiday with a multitude of customs. These include egg decorating, egg hunts, Easter candles, Easter lambs, Easter bonfires and, of course, brunch.
Many people associate Easter with nature walks, long family weekends and delicious meals. Easter brunch after Lent is a tradition in many families. From Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday evening, Christian believers renounce meat, eggs and desserts. The end of Lent marks the return of the pleasures of the table.
What not to miss at Easter brunch
If you’re inviting your loved ones to an Easter brunch, you’ll need to serve a variety of breakfast specialties and hot dishes. To prepare the festive table, you’ll also need a beautiful decoration and a few springtime elements.
Easter pastries and eggs
Whether it’s a small or large Easter brunch, the classic breakfast items shouldn’t be missing. For example, prepare croissants or brioches, Easter braid and rolls for your guests. Fresh cheese, butter and margarine as well as homemade jams and honey can be used as garnishes. If you’re celebrating Easter brunch with children, don’t forget to offer a chocolate spread.
There are some great brunch recipe ideas for making pretty Easter-themed desserts. Create little Easter chicks, for example, by coloring cake batter with food coloring or saffron, and make cupcakes out of them. Then add little red beaks made from carrots and eyes. Then place your creations on a decorative plate or cake plate, why not from the colorful Spring Awakening collection by Villeroy & Boch.
As a complement, you can offer your guests yoghurt and cereals. Small and large porcelain bowls are perfect for this. The Spring Fantasy and Spring Awakening dinnerware collections, for example, include matching bowls. Both collections stand out for their spring-like designs and detailed patterns, and are a good choice for your Easter brunch buffet.
The star of the Easter brunch is, of course, the egg, whether served fried or scrambled, or placed on the festive table as a colorful boiled egg in an egg cup.
Charcuterie, fruit, coffee and juice
For guests who like hearty dishes, a selection of charcuterie and cheese is ideal. There should be something for everyone. It’s best to assemble different kinds of sausages and cheeses on large serving plates. Many of our collections include beautifully designed serving plates, perfect for Easter brunch.
Fruit brings a touch of freshness to the buffet. You can offer them for Easter breakfast in many forms: on skewers, in muesli, in fruit salad or as grilled fruit. You can also arrange different kinds of fruit such as kiwis, oranges, apples, raspberries, redcurrants and grapes on a shelf and place them on the table with finesse. You’ll find these elegant trays, perfect for Easter breakfast, in our MetroChic, Quinsai Garden and Artesano Original tableware collections.
An Easter breakfast includes aromatic tea and freshly ground coffee for adults, milk and cocoa for children, fruit juices and mineral water for everyone. A glass of prosecco or sparkling wine will get the party started. Villeroy & Boch’s online store has the right cups, mugs and glasses for every beverage.
Finally, decorate your festive table with small Easter details. These can include an Easter wreath, a spring floral arrangement, and self-crafted paper eggs and bunnies. Small, hand-painted porcelain figurines will also enhance the ensemble. Villeroy & Boch’s Bunny Tales collection features a series of adorable bunny figurines.
Elegant table decorations for a unique Easter brunch
When it comes to Easter breakfast, the pleasure of the eyes is just as important as that of the taste buds. That’s why it’s important to decorate the room and the table around which you sit with your loved ones, so that everything is in harmony. However, everyone has their own tastes when it comes to decoration. The Easter table can therefore vary according to your desires.
With the first rays of spring sunshine, nature is in full bloom. This springtime atmosphere is also important for your Easter brunch. To create this atmosphere at the table, use flowers such as daffodils, tulips, broom, forsythia or catkins. Arrange the flowers and branches in a pretty vase, for example from the Colourful Spring collection. Filigree ornaments from the Mini Flower Bells collection, such as flower-shaped bells, will complete your elegant decoration.
Easter Sunday Brunch : Kid-friendly Easter brunch ideas
You’d like your Easter brunch to be child-friendly and are looking for some good ideas? First of all, get the little ones involved in preparing the buffet. Kids love to tinker. With a roll of white slate paper and colored pencils, for example, they can create a pretty Easter tablecloth.
Kids love chocolate too! Decorate your brunch table with chocolate Easter bunnies in different sizes. Another great idea for decorating your family celebration is to place baskets filled with sweets on the table.
Bunny-shaped pancakes and fluffy Easter braids!
If you really want to please your kids this Easter, make them pancakes in the shape of an adorable Easter bunny. Click here for a recipe for Easter Bunny pancakes. A fluffy braided brioche or walnut braid can also be made quickly and is perfect for the kids’ Easter breakfast.
And there’s one thing you don’t want to miss on this day: the Easter egg hunt! On Easter Sunday, an old tradition has it that the rabbit or the bells, depending on the region, hide little treats and colorful eggs around the house or garden. Before or after breakfast, children eagerly set off in search of these treats.
Delight your guests with a beautifully set table
Dazzle your guests with your Easter tableware. With Villeroy & Boch’s tableware collections, there are plenty of presentation possibilities. You’ll find everything you need for a successful Easter brunch – starting with cups, mugs and glasses, bowls and plates, not to mention tableware and decorative elements.
