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Israeli-born chef Yael Shochat didn’t grow up eating hot cross buns, but that hasn’t stopped her version of the Easter treat gaining celebrity status in Auckland, and around the world. Much like the family-style food she serves at her inner-city café, Ima Cuisine, these buns are generous and packed with warming spices – freshly ground cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, honey and currants – and garnished with an iconic vanilla-flecked pastry cream cross.

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