Tray bake: not chocolate, apple, coffee, carrot or lemon drizzle

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Having friends over for coffee tomorrow. Shopping in the morning so have time to get ingredients.

I'd like some sort of tray bake, but don't want to use chocolate, apple, coffee, carrot or lemon drizzle (combination of guest dislikes or cakes we've had recently - we take it in turns to host)

I want something 'cakey', thinking tray bake as can cut into small squares for those that only want a taste, those who want more (like me!) can have more.

I'd like it to be light and tasty and preferably quick to make.

I know I can Google but often people have their favourites hence asking on here. Thank you .

Would you do a savoury tray bake?

Flapjack?

Plain vanilla sponge

Maderia cake

Orange cake with cranberry

Saw it on Instagram - sounded bloody weird but people loved it

Victoria sponge is always my first choice. Cutting in half is a faff, so I just spread the jam and butter cream on top. Or you could use whipped cream and fruit on top?
I could murder a bit now.

Orange and cranberry is a lovely combination, not sure why that would be weird

What about coconut OP? Those squares with jam on top and then coconut bits on top?

Almond cake?

Bakewell?

www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/iced-bakewell-tart-tray-bake/

Sticky date cake is a winner in my house

https://www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/baking-and-desserts/raspberry-custard-cake/

This is great and easily adaptable. I've made it with chocolate chunks most. Use ready made custard, we use dairy free custard and that's fine too. It keeps really well.

Parkin or similar, I don’t have a recipe to recommend though. My great grandmother made an amazing sticky ginger cake that I wish I had the recipe for.

This is really nice

www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/baking/pineapple-poke-cake

Cakesmiths stock loads of coffee shops round where I live and they have a tray bake range.

My favourite one they do is a sticky toffee Biscoff. May be worth looking at their website for flavour ideas. They also do a blueberry bakewell traybake which is lovely.

Picnic slice

www.butterflybalcony.com/2011/04/kitchen-front-picnic-slice.html

Sticky toffee cake, I’ve made this a few times:
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/recipes/a537921/sticky-toffee-cake/

lime coconut drizzle

orange & almond

Apple and cinnamon crumble top, or walnut/pecan and maple drizzle

Pineapple upside down cake?

Gingerbread.

I keep packets of Wrights ginger cake mix in my larder for emergencies, they look like mini bags of flour. All I have to do is add some oil and cold water. There are delicious pieces of crystallised ginger in the mix. When I make one, people often ask me for the recipe - I do admit it was a mix! They fit in a tray bake tin and are extra special with a thin lemon icing on top.

School cake?

Ginger. Check out Nigella! Thin lemon icing on half- the other half plain.

https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/collections/teatime-traybake-recipes/

You can't go wrong with an apple crumble! Easy to make and comforting in the cold. Serve with either custard or cream.

@FETmum
She said no apple 🙄

Of all the tray bakes I make, the school cake vanilla tray bake like these are what I get asked for the most.

www.sugarsaltmagic.com/vanilla-tray-bake/

@justanotherusername22 oops, you're right and apple crumble isn't even a tray bake! Good luck OP!

Almond and cherry

Go old school - raspberry jam and desecrated coconut on a plain sponge.