Baking

If you don’t have the confidence (or time!) for those Pinterest-worthy gingerbread houses, our Christmas forest is much easier to create and just as enchanting

Buttery shortbread is topped with a fudgy blondie mix swirled with the classic flavours of a Bakewell tart

Studded with chunks of golden marzipan and mixed dried fruit, this warmly spiced traybake gives you all the festive flavours of a traditional German stollen in an easier-to-bake almond sponge

Also popular in Lancashire, a proper sticky Yorkshire parkin is made with treacle and is traditionally eaten on ‘Parkin Sunday’ in November

This glorious autumnal tart incorporates many of the foods that have been associated with the festival of Halloween and its predecessors for centuries: apples, honey, walnuts and hazelnuts

This cake makes a great dessert with a dollop of whipped cream and a little glass of sauternes on the side

Take a pack of cookies and turn them into these spooky Halloween treats

As this zingy pud – sometimes known as lemon magic or lemon surprise – bakes, the batter separates into a soft sponge and creamy sauce. Blackberries add an extra autumnal dimension

Pep up a packet of store-bought croissants with all the best bits of a sticky baklava.