Hot cross bun bonanza! Ten brilliant recipes – from the perfect classic to prosciutto and parmesan

For the purists, there is Felicity Cloake's failsafe recipe. But if you want to buck tradition, how about chocolate, cherry bakewell or Marmite?

People get awfully territorial about hot cross buns. If you have ever trailed around a supermarket with a hot cross bun purist at Easter, you'll know what I mean. They'll spot a bun that dares deviate even slightly from the tried and true hot cross bun blueprint - maybe it'll have cranberries in it or, God forbid, chocolate - and they'll act as if they've been slapped in the face.

But, like it or not, the hot cross bun has moved on. It now exists on a spectrum that encompasses a multitude of styles, ingredients and tastes. Here are 10 recipes for very good hot cross bun variations. RIP my mentions.