Pumpkin

Sweet and savoury come together with just a hint of heat from chilli flakes, taking a French classic from dessert to dinner

Use a dense variety of pumpkin or squash here, not the giant lantern type, which have watery flesh and little flavour

Pecans give traditional pastry an extra-short buttery texture in this classic American dessert. The creamy pumpkin filling is richly spiced and a dark chocolate web adds the fright factor!

A delicately spiced layer cake perfect for Halloween weekend. Follow our tip below to make it gluten free

Each bite of this spiced traybake cake – which is effortless to throw together on a whim – is the warming hug we all need at this time of year

Serve this smoky, velvety soup in roasted squash ‘cauldrons’