Handy tray bakes?

[spotit3]

I have been asked to make about 6 dozen tray bakes for an event next week. Anyone got any recipes for nice handy ones. Nice but tasty and look good! All ideas gratefully accepted.

[Buenchico]

The BBC GoodFood website is always a good resource for recipes, largely because there are lots of reviews from people who've actually tried them out!
http://www.bbcgoodfoo...cipes/cakes/traybake/

Chris

[spotit3]

Thanks, Buenchico.

[nungate]

Here's my lemon cake - not quite a tray bake but it is easy to make and quite quick.
6oz butter 2 beaten eggs 10oz caster sugar 6oz self raising flour
juice of 1 lemon

Cream butter with 6 oz of the sugar
Stir the eggs and flour gently into the mixture
Put into a greased 10inch x 7inch tin and bake for 40 minutes (could vary from 30 - 40 minutes depending on the oven)
Mix remaining sugar with the lemon juice to a paste and spread over the hot cake (don't take the cake out of the tin until you've spread the juice and sugar over it and it's best to wait until it's very cool before you take it out of the tin)
You can also vary this by substituting the lemon juice with maybe orange, or lime juice. The paste also makes a bit of a crisp crust on the top so you could cut back the amount of sugar you use, and if you like you could mix some lemon zest into the sponge mix.
It is a recipe that can be tinkered with, I've been using it for more than 25 years and I still tinker with it.

[spotit3]

Thanks, Nungate. I assume I could just cut the cake into squares when it is cooked?

[nungate]

Oh yes, definitely, I got about 16 pieces just this week. I do have more gimme a wee while and I'll post another one

[spotit3]

That would be brilliant, thanks.

[spotit3]

What heat do you put oven to for lemon cake, Nungate?

[nungate]

Tollhouse Squares

6oz Self Raising flour 4oz soft brown sugar 1/2 level teaspoon salt
2 eggs 4oz marg. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4oz chocolate bits

Icing: 3oz marg 4oz icing sugar (sifted) 1 tablespoon golden syrup
chocolate bits for decoration (I find chocolate buttons are fine)

Grease and line a 7inch square shallow cake tin
Sift the flour and salt
Put marg and sugar into a mixing bowl and cream together until light and fluffy
Beat the eggs add gradually to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract.
Fold in the flour and chocolate bits
Spread the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 30-35 minutes or until firm to touch, cool
Icing:
Beat the marg and icing sugar and syrup together until smooth. Ice the cake cut into squares and decorate with the chocolate bits

Bake at 350F 180C Gas 4

Forgot the temps for the Lemon cake 350F 180C Gas 4
Sorry about that.
Hope these help - got loads more drop me a message if you need anything else

[spotit3]

Will give those two a try and some from the Bbc site Buenchico mentioned so hopefully that will do me. Many thanks to both of you for your help.

[spotit3]

Just out of curiosity, Nungate, is it possible to send someone a private message on AB?

[Borrheid]

Try allrecipes.com. Recipes there can be adjusted to whatever quantities you need to cater for. Loads of reviews and variations from site users. Great website.

[spotit3]

Thanks, Borheid, will certainly have a look.

[nungate]

I found one that doesn't require any cooking at all
Chocolate Tiffin

8oz digestive biscuits (crushed) 4oz butter 2oz glace cherries
1oz drinkin chocolate 3 level tablespoons syrup 6oz cooking chocolate for the top
Line a swiss roll tin with cling film
Melt butter and syrup in a pan, add drinking chocolate, biscuits,and cherries and mix well
Press mixture into prepared tin, press down well, leave until cold
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over boiling water and pour over mixture spreading evenly
When set pull out tiffin with cling film and cut to recquired size

Since you have such a lot to do thought you might like one that doesn't require a lot of work

[spotit3]

Brilliant, Nungate, getting better by the minute!

[nungate]

I think you can message someone on AB using a throwaway e-mail address but I'm not sure how it's done but if you pose the question someone will answer. There was one answer a few weeks back with a link to site that leave throwaway addresses if you feel up to trawling back through old Q's & A's

[vodkancoke]

Mars Bar Traybake:(I have to multiply this recipe by 3 because they go very quickly!)

3 Mars Bars
2 tbsp Golden syrup
3oz butter
Rice Krispies
Melted white chocolate

1/ Melt the Mars bars, syrup and butter in a pan.
2/ Add enough Rice Krispies until all are coated
3/ Press into a greased traybake tin/oblong foil container
4/ Chill in fridge until set
5/ Turn out and drizzle with white chocolate
6/ Cut into small squares

[spotit3]

Thanks, Vodkancoke, I knew ABers would turn up trumps and they have!!

[nungate]

I'm writing that one down Vodka

[vodkancoke]

All I can say is it's amazeballs! It will go down a treat! :)

[spotit3]

Looks as though it would be quite quick to make as well. If I try all of these I should have a nice selection for them.