Autumn cake recipes

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

This sophisticated cake is gently spiced and full of treacly flavours from dried figs and muscovado sugar, finished with a cream cheese icing

Edd Kimber's easy apple cake combines chunks of sweet apple and a crunchy demerara sugar topping. Perfect for a teatime treat or dessert, served with warm custard

This fruity cake is at its best when made with melting, buttery pears

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

Bake this moist and sticky stem ginger cake for a teatime treat. The zingy lemon drizzle icing perfectly balances the warming ginger notes in the sponge.

Rustle up a batch of these moreish pumpkin spice cupcakes as a treat in the autumn. Top with cream cheese icing and dust with extra pumpkin spice

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

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

Add allspice, cloves and nutmeg to this apple cider cake for some autumnal warmth. Bramley apples are added to the sponge mix, and it's topped with crunchy pecans

Get set for autumn with this iced and spiced ginger loaf cake. It's a real treat, whether you’re vegan or not

A moist fruit sponge, packed with the best seasonal produce with a touch of almond and cinnamon too

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

This makes a lovely teatime treat or pudding, served with cream and also works well with apple and cinnamon or damson and vanilla

Enjoy these blackberry and almond cake slices for afternoon tea, or as dessert served with vanilla ice cream. They're made with fresh blackberries and jam

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

Try this bake in the period between late summer and early autumn. Plums pair so well with coconut and spices. Serve warm with a dollop of yogurt or cream

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

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

This sumptuous seasonal bake is topped with halved plums or apricots and a buttery crumble topping - serve as a pudding or cake

Make this ghoulishly good Halloween pumpkin cake for a sweet party showstopper. It's great for using up leftover pumpkin and tastes similar to carrot cake.

Use up any marmalade you have to make this sunny bake, perhaps with some ice cream alongside it

Enjoy our autumnal spiced pumpkin cake. With an orange buttercream and white chocolate ghost topping, it will go down a treat at a Halloween party!

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