The winner for this year's Great New Zealand Hot Cross Bun Competition is Daily Bread.
Based in Auckland, this win marks the bakery's second consecutive year taking out the title.
"Daily Bread has wowed us with their fluffy, buttery, sourdough take on a traditional hot cross bun," said competition hosts, Baking New Zealand.
"This year's bun was perfect. I was so happy. Normally I'm just about 90 percent happy about the finished bun, but this year I couldn't make it any better. It was perfect," shared Daily Bread's head baker, Patrick Welzenbach.
Daily Bread's hot cross buns are made using a long fermentation process and with a lievito madre sourdough starter. Featuring sweet rum-soaked fruit, candied citrus peel, the bun is finished off with a sticky orange and cardamom glaze.
Second place went to Nada Bakery, while third place went to Copenhagen Bakery.
The Great New Zealand Hot Cross Bun judging took place on March 17 at NZ Bakels in Palmerston North.
