Five Melbourne bakers who deliver hot cross buns to your door

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Memo COVID-19: you can close our cafes, but you cannot cancel our Easter. Yes, this year you can have your buns delivered to your door – and eat them, too.

Lune

Across the four days of Easter, the magic-makers at Lune are turning their talents to the hot cross cruffin. The love child of the croissant and the hot cross bun, these little towers of flaky pastry are filled with a silken cinnamon-infused custard that's the last word in finger-lickin' good. Minimum order $50 and $5 delivery fee. Call 0467 048 540 to order. lunecroissanterie.com

Dench

Whole pureed oranges, fresh ginger and organic unbleached flour make the Dench buns a Melbourne benchmark. Order them for your home Easter bun soiree – the $40 bread box contains 12 buns and a chaser of four sourdough English muffins. denchbakers.com.au

Tivoli Road

Such is the well-deserved reputation of the hot cross buns at Tivoli Road that the Easter queues stretch well down the block from this star South Yarra bakery. This year the Tivoli-mobile will also deliver the buns – either classic fruit or 70 per cent Callebaut chocolate – straight to your door. Minimum order $50. Call 03 9041 4345 to order. tivoliroad.com.au

Phillippa's

Melbourne-based baking maven Phillippa Grogan could have trademarked Easter with her classic-recipe buns using a recipe she made for the opening of her first bakery in Armadale 26 years ago. Got leftovers? Check the website for a recipe for toasted hot cross bun ice-cream – it's a cracker. phillippas.com.au

Cavallini

Baker Robert Coco from Fitzroy North stayer Cavallini is keeping things traditional with his hot cross buns: "Long fermentation, good-quality fruit and orange peel. You can really taste the spices." Not so traditional: free delivery for orders of a dozen or more to surrounding suburbs. Call 03 9486 3883 to order. cavallini.com.au