Mary Berry does not have to justify herself to me, a mere mortal. If she says to put chicken in my lasagne, I do it; if she wants me to swap the pasta sheets out for tortilla wraps, I’ll do that ...

Thankfully, I don’t need to wait too long to tuck into this coveted dessert as the cake queen herself Mary Berry has a banoffee pie recipe that is so simple that it doesn’t even require baking.