Which is the tastiest Protestant traybake?

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NI Protestants are famed for their tray bakes but which is the best traybake of all?

I’m thinking something crunchy and chocolatey, a tiffin like thing. But are there unchocolatey traybakes that I just haven’t been exposed to? Are they keeping all the best recipes to themselves, strictly to be eaten behind closed doors?

And does it get a bit competitive? Does Annie cast aspersions on Doris’ traybaking abilities?

Guys, I don’t care that this is massively niche; it deserves to go into “Classics”.

Not a traybake and possibly not protestant but does anybody have a recipe for a NI snowball. Not the marshmallow type by the dry sponge with jam between and icing with coconut outside. It is my absolute favourite thing in the whole world and I would love to be able to make my own. I have had no luck over the years searching online for a recipe. My kids are now also addicts so I need a reliable supply.

Yep @FiddleFaddleDingDong the DUP cookery book

My dad loved chocolate and used to keep a bar in his bedroom to eat every night before bed but lost all sense of taste after chemo yet loved Johnny's Favourites which had white chocolate. Miss him soo much 😢

Omg @Firstbornunicorn
Mars bar and apple sandwiches! I live in England now and occasionally make one of these. I made the mistake of taking one to work once. People near had me carted off to an asylum!
I'm so glad you mentioned it!

Here are a few from my wi and pwa cookbooks I buy whenever I find them in charity shops on trips home!

Love a good PTB (also shocked it didn't end up on the blackboard). Disclaimer - my parents actually do keep their toaster in a cupboard!!

Fifteens must be the most quintessentially Northern Irish, surely? My favourite is, however, a Malteser bun.

Scottish Snowballs (Raspberry Jam Sandwich Cookies Dipped in ...

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Having been at the in-laws for a wake house last week, I thought I had reached Peak Traybake Knowledge but this thread is amazing
(Mint aero slices or top hats for me. And I would love to know how marshmallow sales per capita compare in NI compared to the rest of the UK. Must be off the chart?)

NI DH wants me to start a ‘what’s the best coalition sandwich’ thread but I think we can all agree it would be mars bar and apple, so I won’t

Exasperated do a search for snowy Joey recipes that's the ones you want. A jammie Joey is the dogs though.

Shameless placemarking...

Fifteens are a Scottish staple too. Our local shop sells them, really hope they’ve got some left by tomorrow or I’m going to have to make them 😂

I hadn’t heard of tray bakes being a Protestant thing. We were fed quite a few of the ones mentioned, despite not being northern Irish nor Protestant. I could just a go a piece of mars bar cake right now. With a big, thick layer of melted chocolate on top, complete with fork pattern for a fancy touch.

Best thread ever
Proddy neighbors did indeed make a lot of traybakes whilst the catholic’s reigned supreme in apple tart stakes.
In the spirit of togetherness and healing I give you the Aussie cherry ripe, manna from heaven or whatever you chose to believe in

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#multifaithandnonebakes

Not a fan of Jamy Joeys.

Has anyone ever had Chinese chews?
MIL used to make them. Or, equally bizarre (though not a traybake) - Belgian loaf? Belgian loaf is a very light current loaf cross madeira cake and it is divine! Only ever had it at home though, and there's nothing Belgian about it lol.

It's Lent, folks

Not for the atheists it isn't! I may have to resurrect Millionaire's Tiffin in celebration.

Just thought of something else that is a N Ireland classic, although not quite a traybake.

Cheesecakes. I have no idea why they are called cheesecakes because there is nothing cheese related about them. They are a little individual tart type thing with a layer of jam on the bottom and a layer of sponge cake. They're outstanding.

Yes elevenohfive shh, say no more or we'll find out we went to school together!

My Protestant NI granny, interestingly, didn't make any traybakes. She made soda bread, scones and apple tart though.

1. I love The Pineapple Tart by Anne Dunlop!

1. I love Donaghadee Garden Centre!

1. The holywood Baptist church has the best bake off with Protestant Tray Bakes baby group ever! It’s how they lure you in, VERY effective.

Thinking about it yes, Protestants really do love garden centres a lot, we discuss which ones to go to well in advance. creative Gardens owner is on to a good thing.

I never thought I would say this, but I have to send my (lapsed) Presbyterian mother this thread.
She does amazing millionaires, but even better mars bar cake, which I have now introduced to our PTA coffee mornings and am being genuinely accosted for the recipe!

Garden Centre Prods was coined to refer to liberal moderate unionists who steered mostly clear of politics and preferred to go to the garden centre on Election Day.

OMG cheesecakes - why on earth were they called that!?
Chinese chews, truly my most hated traybake. My mother made them and loved them. I couldn't see the point as they didn't even have chocolate.

Ooh yes isabelle i love those too. No idea why theyre called that!

Do NI folk make tablet?

True Lady Gregory - going to garden centres is actually a middle class thing. I do like a garden centre, they're particularly fun at Christmas time with all the massive Christmas decorations.