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?

Well I don't know. As a protestant from the south coast of Ireland, I thought the thing about protestants and baking was a bit of a joke about the fact we were assumed to avoid FUN (not going to public dance halls /pubs* and generally being assumed to be a bit strait-laced.
No objection to hot cross buns chez nous either.

I remember some cracking fruit cakes at Christmas - and not just in protestant houses - generally assisted with a drop of poitin back in those days (70s)

*not with our parents' knowledge anyway ;)

I hate hot cross buns.
Only reason being they have fruit in them

Raspbery Ruffle pancake anyone?

Eleven, I won that Shloer in a raffle last night at a fundraising quiz at which a good range of traybakes were provided, I had a small piece of Mars bar crispy cake to be polite but actually I prefer plainer cakes like scones and gingerbreads, but nobody makes them for mass catering anymore!

Wow cocole where is that pic from?

Love how the plain pancakes are the only ones with no label.

Its one of the bakeries in Ards.

I have no NI heritage but definitely recognise some of these. Maybe not such industrial quantities of digestives, coconut and condensed milk though . Love this thread as I do any about food culture and heritage. Half the time people don't realise what their food heritage is until someone else points it out (or starts a thread about it) and then everyone else is like 'me too! We ate that!' etc.

Definitely going to make some of these traybakes though.

I've just come here to see how the other half lives. Sweetcake anyone?

@FlaviaAlbia, I think I love you! The Bay Tree scones are amazing - I'll be giving this a go tomorrow

I can't remember who was planning a trip to Bob & Bert's - the quality can be variable. The Portrush and Stranmillis ones are great, I've been to a few others eg Lisburn that are a bit rubbish. If you are in the Lisburn area Cafe Vic-Rynn does a great range of scones (and there's a wee Christian bookshop in the same building - not just aimed at prods though!)

I'm just realising, my cousin and I ping bunfighty threads to each other and neither of us has sent this one despite it having actual buns which must mean we're both on it...

Fadge here too and no beans on a fry. I'm from randalstown but my OH has beans on a fry but he's from East Belfast so he's got an excuse

People who talk about Fadge - where are you from? And are you... ahem... Protestant?
I have never in my life heard this.

Might have to make potato bread tomorrow though..

Fadge-eater, from Belfast, Protestant but not very Protestant if this thread is a good guide to Protestant culture. My dad always called it fadge, but in an ironic kind of way.

And I would say "potato bread" rather than fadge in any sort of formal situation

I lived in Bangor for a year, the absolute blimmin epitome of Traybake County, but I didn't manage to collect any decent traybake recipes.

Maybe Fadge is a Belfast thing then. Strange to have never heard it.

Beans? On a fry? What kind of people do you take us for? My daughter is a good Ulster Catholic. We don't even have beans on a dinner fry. Beans don't go with pancakes you see.

The orange wedges are a palate cleanser PierreBezukov. Nothing like destroying yer teeth after destroying yer arteries.

That should be "my da". I don't have a daughter. I have a very bold autocorrect.

Ive never heard fadge being used for potato bread. Not even by DH, he's from Belfast and comes off with some rubbish now and again .

Not a tray bake but absolutely delicious and I don't particularly like Oreos.
www.allrecipes.com/recipe/127491/easy-oreo-truffles/

My sis is Catholic but lives on the boarder of northern Ireland, all the Catholics have stolen the tray bake recipes from the protestants and try and wow us with their goodies, having a new one each time we visit. I've never got to taste any protestant tray bakes but the Catholic ones are fabulous. Anyway one time I produced the Oreo truffles and stole the show, my sister still not impressed I stole her crown but they're so good she eventually gave in and asked for the recipe

Thank you Eve and FlaviaAlbia

Ive never heard fadge being used for potato bread. Not even by DH, he's from Belfast and comes off with some rubbish now and again .

It's a real Ballymena thing. First time I said it in Belfast it was like a tumbleweed had rolled across the room

I have also read this entire thread in a NI accent in my head (and I know there will be regional NI variations but I'm Yorkshire so give me credit!), Just love an Ulster accent, up there with my favourite.

I think we also need pictures of people's creations. I will check my cupboards today for ingredients but I think I'm lacking condensed milk so may be struggling....

DuggeesWoggle just go with a Jim McDonald from Corrie accent. We don’t all sound like him but he is a national institution so nobody will mind.

“A traybake for big Jim” - should be the rally cry for this thread.

Talking about cinnamon scones made me want one and I thought I'd better test the recipe

They don't have the slightly toffee like gooey carmalised top the originals have, and they were a bit anemic at 15 mins so I left them in for another 4 but they're not half bad.

I only realised when I was making it that I've only converted half of it to grams from Oz, sorry about that.