A gingerbread wreath or these hot chocolate candy canes would make impressive and tasty presents

Christmas dessert doesn't have to be pudding or trifle. There has been no better year to throw out the rulebook and create a fantastical dessert that will make the last course the most memorable 

— or how about mini clementine and fig pavlovas?

Handy recipes for vegan carrot cake and coffee cake 

Chocolate orange buns and orange and almond cake are great have as treats for the vegan in your life

And molasses biscuits perfect for dunking

And pumpkin and cinnamon cookies that are ideal for trick or treaters

Fill up with something tasty and healthy before trick-or-treating — sausage mummies and ghostly pizza should do the trick

Chocolate chip maple syrup pudding or maple syrup muffins are perfect for this time of year

Pecan and maple syrup bundt cake is an eat-on-the-day-you-bake-it treat