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Protestant traybakes and ecumenical baking of all sorts,

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2019 18:34

Carrying on from the Tastiest Protestant teaybake thread - I thought I would start a new thread now, so there is no risk of us running out of space and having a traybake-less interregnum!

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Cocolepew · 17/03/2019 18:38

Thank you SDTG!

beanaseireann · 17/03/2019 19:01

Thank you

FlaviaAlbia · 17/03/2019 19:21

Oh good, I won't get a chance to try your mum's recipe before the other thread fills SDTG so this is perfect Cake

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AuntVanya · 17/03/2019 19:30

Ooh I've just found the best thing!
An online Traybake Recipe Spinner.
Have a look here:
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipes/tag-1511/traybake-recipes.aspx?ois=RDD_Breadcrumb

then click on Spin and you are presented with a random selection of traybake recipe possibilities.

turkeyboots · 17/03/2019 19:33

Loved the other thread. And the creme egg brownie bake from it went down really well today!

3out · 17/03/2019 19:51

Has anyone watched Songs of Praise tonight? It’s in Belfast, and features a cafe with an honesty box where you pay what you think is appropriate ‘We have teas, two types of freshly ground coffee, cakes, and...traybakes’! Love it 😊

beela · 17/03/2019 19:55

Oh I'm in! I am living vicariously through these threads as I am trying to lose a couple of lb.

PierreBezukov · 17/03/2019 20:37

3out no, but I think I know the honesty cafe that featured. It will be added to the NI Tourist Traybake Tour.

Cocolepew · 17/03/2019 20:58

AuntVanya that's fantastic!

3out · 17/03/2019 21:15

Glad to hear it Pierre, it looks well worth a visit!

evilharpy · 17/03/2019 21:47

Happy new thread!

TimeIhadaNameChange · 17/03/2019 22:27

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius - please thank your mother for me. I made her lemon fudge traybake and it was v very yummy! A little sloppy but I'm hoping an overnight stay in the fridge might help. But I'll definitely be making it again, so thanks!

And I'll let you know when I'm next down south x

Protestant traybakes and ecumenical baking of all sorts,
watsmyname · 17/03/2019 22:31

😋

evilharpy · 17/03/2019 22:35

Ooh where was the lemon fudge recipe posted? Was it in th old thread?

TimeIhadaNameChange · 17/03/2019 22:40

Aye, Evil, near the bottom of the thread. It's definitely worth making. Very sweet yet very lemony.

CountessConstance · 17/03/2019 22:52

I'm with you evilharpy - totally seduced by the notion of lemon fudge

Recipe was posted by STDG on Sat 16th at 12.16 not posting to mark that recipe for myself at all, no I'm not.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2019 23:09

Here’s the recipe again - save you searching.

Base:

4 oz margarine,
2 oz caster sugar ,
5 oz SR flour.

Cream marg. and sugar and mix in the flour - don't work it too much, it shouldn't be greasy.

Spread into an 11in x 7in baking tray, pressing into edges and corners but keep as level as possible as it will rise there anyway. Flour your hands or whatever you use to spread it.
No need to grease the tray due to relatively high fat content.

Bake 350 F/gas 4 (no idea of deg. C, possibly 160 is what I'd try in my fan oven which complicates any guesswork), about 10 minutes till light golden. Can easily burn so watch it.

Leave to cool in tray.

Fudge icing:

4 oz butter,
3 oz demerara sugar,
4 tbsp. milk,
8 oz icing sugar.

Dissolve sugar in butter over a low heat, bring to boil, add milk and boil till frothy, take off heat and gradually beat in icing sugar till it looks fudgy and starts to coat back of spoon, i.e. is ready to set.

Pour into tray quickly to get an even surface. Don't cut till completely cool and set. It will probably be fairly soft, especially the lemon flavour.

Lemon: use 4 tbsp. lemon juice istead of milk, and caster sugar, not dem.

Coffee: Strong black coffee instead of milk, and white sugar or light brown if you want something a bit less fierce.

Mum will be so pleased you like it, @TimeIHadANameChange.

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2019 23:11

Oh, I forgot to say, I’m sure butter would do just as well as margarine - mum was a big fan of Stork superblend and thought butter was too expensive to bake with.

She also thought it was too pricey for our packed lunch sandwiches, so we got Stork in those too. Mmmm. Hmm

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MorningsEleven · 17/03/2019 23:26

I went to a school where the dinner ladies sold traybakes at break (not in NI, but I think we've already established that the Traybake is a popular Scottish delicacy too). There was everything from your cornflake cake to chocolate caramel shortbread and the mint chocolate one with bright green icing. They made brilliant bread rolls too. It was all about 25p a pop. I'd say it was the biggest bargain ever but I suspect it's more that it was a very long time ago (a packet of fags in those days was less than 90p).

TimeIhadaNameChange · 17/03/2019 23:58

I specifically bought Stork today! Only use it for baking, and that rarely. But you did specify marg!!!!
Could you check with your ma about the fudge bit, please? Is it just to boiling or should it be boiled for a mins before taking off the heat? Wondered if that's why it's so runny.

DuggeesWoggle · 18/03/2019 11:09

Just muscling in on this thread. Found out at the weekend I had an Irish great grandparent. From Cork apparently so about as far away from traybake land as you can get on the same island but hey I feel I have a bit of skin in the game now as it were.

evilharpy · 18/03/2019 11:27

Thanks @SDTG I’ll try them when we got home for sure!

Cocolepew · 18/03/2019 11:36

I still use stork for baking! not that I do much nowadays Blush

drspouse · 18/03/2019 16:18

I'd like to find something a tiny bit softer than butter but not palm oil or in plastic. Unicorn I suspect.

lifelongfrugaleer · 18/03/2019 18:30

Yeah new thread. I'm having caramel chocolate shortbread to celebrate.