Autumn cake recipes

Sponge pudding gets taken up a level with the addition of delicious baked figs and thyme, resulting in a seriously comforting wintry dessert. Serve warm with cream, ice cream or Greek yogurt

Edd Kimber creates a rustic bake with chunks of sweet apple and a crunchy demerara sugar topping.

Take a fruity sponge cake to the next level with this fabulous blackberry baba. It makes the perfect centerpiece dessert for any dinner table

Try a twist on traditional toffee apples - sugared, spiced and very very nice!

Plums, chocolate and hazelnut - this is a cake that really celebrates the season. Enjoy a slice with your mid-morning coffee or serve it warm for dessert

Bake these caramel pear blondies for an indulgent teatime treat. With a biscuity flavour that comes from browning the butter, they're moreish and chewy

This cake uses a few shortcuts but the final result is a deliciously impressive dulce de leche and pumpkin spice-filled sponge

These extra-special cupcakes taste just like traditional crumble and custard - top with cream icing and apple-shaped biscuits

Try this one-pan pud/cake hybrid as an easy dessert for Bonfire Night, Halloween or cooler nights. Served straight from the oven, it’s perfect with custard

Like carrot cake? Then try using up your leftover pumpkin in this clever traybake for Halloween

Combine the holy trinity of chocolate, coffee and hazelnut for a blissfully indulgent cake. It makes the perfect centrepiece dessert at a family dinner

This showstopping bake is a celebration of classic apple desserts with spiced sponge, vanilla icing and a sticky caramel apple filling

This is a cross between a sticky toffee pudding and a ginger cake. Serve warm with ice cream or cream as a dessert

Moist, fruity pear, hazelnut and chocolate cake - try it warm with cream as a teatime treat

Apples and caramel are a heavenly duo. This nutty sandwich loaf cake with buttercream frosting and caramel drizzle fits the bill nicely

A rustic traybake for any time of day. Try a square at coffee break, or with a jug of steaming custard after dinner.

This loaf cake is simple and seasonal, using fresh autumnal cobnuts and apples, topped with dreamy dulce de leche

For a perfect squidgy centre this brownie-like chocolate cake should still have a little wobble when you take it out of the oven

Serve this hearty fruit sponge with a dollop of something creamy- it would also work with raspberries instead of plums

Adapt one of our highest-rated cakes with tangy ginger, cream cheese frosting and citrus curd

Dainty sponge bites packed with fruit and topped with crunchy almonds and a light meringue whirl

Good Food reader, Magdalena Duggan, shares her grandmother's spiced chocolate sponge packed with fruit from the garden

A grown-up, lightly-spiced sponge that is sandwiched with pears caramelised in maple syrup and topped with meringue buttercream

Use grated pumpkin or butternut squash for these gorgeous, spiced cupcakes