<p>Can we tempt you with a traybake? Breath-taking brownies, blissful blondies, fabulous flapjacks. Maybe our millionaires shortbread recipe? Crunchy biscuit base, velvety caramel and sweet chocolate to finish.<br>
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Is your mouth watering yet? Traybakes are a cinch with kids - like our ‘anything goes’ <a href="/recipes/biscoff-rocky-road">Rocky Road recipes</a>, simple to make and scrumptious to snuffle. You're in the right place for the yummiest traybake recipes.</p>

Salted Caramel Cookie Traybake pieces stacked on top of each other with a hand reaching for the top piece. A bottle of milk in the background and jar of caramel sauce in the foreground

Traybakes are a delicious collection of baked cakes, slices and squares that are baked in a tray and then sliced up into portions. Find your traybake match here.

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<p>Our no-bake rocky road recipe is simple, delicious and fun to make. It’s filled with gooey marshmallows and crumbly biscuits, then covered in rich, velvety chocolate.</p>
<h3>What does rocky road have in it?</h3>
<p>Typically, rocky road contains dark and milk chocolate, with chunks of marshmallow and biscuit inside. However, variations also contain peanuts, raisins, almonds, or anything else you like! We’ve also drizzled ours in white chocolate, but you could also do this with Nutella or caramel sauce.</p>
<h3>How did rocky road get its name?</h3>
<p>Rocky road takes its name in reference to the chunks of biscuits and chocolate packed into the recipe.</p>
<h3>What’s the difference between tiffin and rocky road?</h3>
<p>Often, rocky road is known as ‘rocky road’ in the US and known as ‘tiffin’ in the UK. However, the difference between rocky road and tiffin is how the chocolate mixture binds together, as well as the ingredients used.</p>
<p>Some tiffin recipes often use condensed milk and cocoa powder, then add the chocolate on top. <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/tiffin">Tiffin</a> also tends to contain a medley of fruits, rather than the marshmallows found in rocky road. Rocky road is typically made using melted chocolate and syrup to hold the ingredients together.</p>

Rocky Road Recipe

<p>Try baking our Mars Bar cake recipe for a slice of nostalgia. Not only is this recipe delicious, but it’s also fun and simple to make, and a perfect activity for you and your children. The chewy, gooey cereal base is blended with melted Mars Bars and topped with rich milk chocolate and white chocolate swirls. Bliss. So, gather your baking tools, put on your apron, and let's create something indulgent with this ultimate Mars Bar cake recipe.</p>
<h3>Can I melt Mars Bars in the microwave?</h3>
<p>Yes, you can melt a Mars Bar in the microwave. We’d recommend you do this on the lowest power setting though, to avoid spoiling the chocolate. Put the Mars Bars in your microwave on a low setting, and check it every 30 seconds until it is melted and smooth.</p>
<h3>Can I melt a Mars Bar on a hob?</h3>
<p>If you don’t have a microwave, you can melt your Mars Bar in a small saucepan on the hob. Chop the Mars Bar into smaller chunks to speed up the melting process. Melt your chocolate on low heat and to check it often.</p>
<h3>How to make sure your Mars Bar cakes are soft</h3>
<p>If you haven’t melted and mixed your Mars Bars, syrup and butter enough, this can cause your final bake to turn out too hard and clumpy. When melting these three ingredients together, you can use a whisk as they begin to melt to get the mixture nice and smooth.</p>
<h2>Substitutions and Variations&nbsp;</h2>
<p>Conquered the Mars Bar Cake Recipe and looking for more cereal themed bake ideas? Check out our<a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/rice-crispy-cakes"> Chocolate Rice Krispie Cakes</a> and <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/easter-chocolate-nests">Easter Nests</a> for equally fun and delicious recipes.</p>
<h3>Reasons to make our Mars Bar cakes:</h3>
<p>⭐Easy recipe for kids to follow (with supervision!)</p>
<p>⭐Can be made ahead of time and kept in the fridge</p>
<p>⭐Oven-free recipe</p>

Mars Bar Cake Recipe

<p>Our easy homemade flapjacks recipe will have you whipping up a batch in no time. No need to worry about complex ingredients or lengthy instructions. Our step-by-step guide will walk you through the entire process, making it a breeze for both experienced and novice cooks alike. So ditch the store-bought option and dive into the world of homemade goodness!</p>
<h3><strong>Why Bake Our Easy Flapjack Recipe?&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<p>Oaty, chewy and deliciously-sweet, our flapjacks are the perfect teatime treat or addition to a packed lunch. With just six ingredients, these flapjacks are so easy to bake and ready in just half an hour.</p>
<p>If you loved this recipe, you can explore our full <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/categories/traybakes/flapjacks">range of flapjack recipes</a>.</p>
<p>Flapjacks will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.</p>
<h2>Top Tips</h2>
<p>Using a wooden spoon for mixing flapjack is recommended it is:</p>
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  <li><strong>Gentle on Ingredients</strong>: Wooden spoons are less likely to damage the oats and other ingredients, helping to maintain the desired texture of the flapjack.</li>
  <li><strong>Heat Resistance</strong>: Wooden spoons don’t conduct heat, making them comfortable to hold when mixing hot ingredients.</li>
  <li><strong>Non-Reactive</strong>: Wood is non-reactive, meaning it won’t interact with ingredients or alter the taste of your mixture.</li>
  <li><strong>Sturdy and Durable</strong>: Wooden spoons are strong and durable, ideal for mixing thick, sticky mixtures.</li>
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<h2>Substitutions and Variations</h2>
<h3>Substitutions</h3>
<p>Try our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/gluten-free-flapjack">Gluten Free Flapjack</a> recipe that is also super quick and easy to make.</p>
<p>No golden syrup? We have the yummiest of solutions with our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/honey-and-apricot-flapjack">honey</a> and <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/maple-flapjack">maple flapjack</a> recipes, guaranteed to vanish in minutes.</p>
<h3>Variations</h3>
<p>How about adding some festive feels to your flapjacks with our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/mince-pie-flapjacks">mince pie flapjack recipe</a> created by John Whaite.</p>
<p>We also have a tangy alternative with our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/rhubarb-crumble-slices">Rhubarb Crumble Slices Recipe</a> that is so good you'll want to keep it all to yourself!</p>

Easy Flapjacks Recipe

<p>Are you ready to indulge in a divine treat that will transport your taste buds to dessert heaven? Look no further than our irresistible carrot cake tray bake recipe! This delightful twist on a classic dessert is sure to become your new go-to for every occasion. Imagine sinking your teeth into a moist and fluffy carrot cake filled with warm spices.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The heavenly aroma of cinnamon wafting through your kitchen will make it hard to resist! But what sets our carrot cake tray bake apart from the rest is the luscious cream cheese frosting slathered on top. Its tangy sweetness perfectly complements the rich flavors of the cake, creating a mouthwatering combination that will leave you craving for more. Whether you want to impress your guests at a party or simply satisfy your dessert cravings, our best carrot cake tray bake recipe is a guaranteed winner. So grab your mixing bowl and get ready to indulge in a slice of pure bliss!</p>
<p>We've opted for a classic cream cheese icing and cute little carrot decorations. Just like any carrot cake, feel free to decorate it how you'd like. We've seen versions with chopped nuts, lemon zest or pearl sugar worked into the cream cheese frosting.</p>

Carrot Cake Tray Bake

<p>Whether you’re a seasoned baker or just starting out, these chocolate brownies are sure to impress. With only 20 minutes prep time and 5 key ingredients, these chocolate brownies are easy to whip up anytime!</p>
<h3><strong>Why our Ultimate Chocolate Brownie?</strong></h3>
<p>In our chocolate brownie recipe, we use Billington’s Unrefined Dark Muscovado Sugar, and believe us when we say these make the most indulgently-rich and gooey chocolate brownies you've ever tasted. You'll never look at another brownie the same way.</p>
<h3>How to Make Your Brownie the Most "Fudgy"</h3>
<p>Billington's Unrefined Dark Muscovado Sugar adds more moisture than white sugar due to its molasses content, making the brownies extra gooey. Then make sure you bake until just set. Overbaking can dry out your brownies, making them less fudgy.</p>
<p>Once you’ve mastered this chocolate brownie recipe, you can go wild exploring new flavour combos. Try adding Caramac or Biscoff spread to add a new twist - we've shown you how to amend the recipe below.</p>
<h2>How to make Caramac Brownies:</h2>
<p>Caramac lovers: Break 6x 30g bars into the brownie mix right before baking. Once&nbsp;baked, drizzle a melted 30g bar over the top.</p>
<h2>How to make Biscoff Brownies:</h2>
<p>Bonkers for Biscoff? Dollop 200g Biscoff spread into the brownie mix, right before&nbsp;baking. Break up 5 Biscoff biscuits and place the pieces&nbsp;on top of the brownie batter. Bake for 20 minutes extra.</p>

The Ultimate Chocolate Brownie Recipe

<p>Want to make a crumble that's easier to share? Try these delicious crumble slices, with tangy rhubarb and a crunchy oat base, so good you'll sneak a second (or third)!</p>

Rhubarb Crumble Slices

<p>Tiffin is a firm favourite here at Baking Mad HQ. It consists of crushed biscuits, raisins and cherries mixed together and topped with a layer of chocolate and chilled in the fridge.&nbsp; This&nbsp;is a no-bake chocolate treat which is so simple to make, it is also a great introductory bake for young bakers or if you are wanting to use up any sweet leftovers that you might have after Christmas or Easter.</p>

Tiffin

<p>A timeless classic bake. &nbsp;This decadent desert originated in Scotland. We have made these into mini squares for little treats. Alternatively- add some Cadbury Creme Eggs at Easter time for an indulgent treat! &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Millionaire's Shortbread

<p>A&nbsp;piece of this cake is made even tastier with a scoop of clotted cream.</p>

Dorset apple and almond traybake

<p>This honey and apricot flapjack packs a punch with flavour.&nbsp;We've used honey on this recipe as it lends itself well to the texture and flavour. It adds a sweetness without the need for refined sugar and helps retain a really nice moisture. If you love the benefits of baking with honey, why not try some of our other honey recipes?&nbsp;Try our <a data-item-id="69463b7e-8dd5-509e-9d71-6871ec7ec6d4" href="">Honey &amp; Stem Ginger Loaf Cake.&nbsp;</a></p>

Honey & Apricot Flapjack

<p>This delicious and amazingly moreish, super quick rocky&nbsp;road is made using white chocolate, marshmallows, caramel pocorn and finished off with crumbly caramel Biscoff biscuits.</p>

Biscoff Rocky Road

<p>Nothing say's school dinner's quite like a sprinkle cake. Benjamina brings you total childhood nostalgia of sticky icing, warm vanillary sponge, sprinkled in hundreds and thousands - school days suddenly feel like yesterday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Why not try with a dollop of <a data-item-id="73a2e468-803f-406b-8199-2f6cda6a8a99" href="">Chocolate Custard</a> for the ultimate trip down memory lane. This sprinkle cake will soon be your 'go to' old school dinner cake recipe.</p>
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Sprinkle Cake 

<p>How can you improve a brownie? Challenge accepted. We've added a layer of salted caramel to what we believe is the ultimate brownie recipe... you can practically taste it just looking at the pictures. We've used Billington's unrefined sugars in this recipe to get that depth of rich flavour we all seek in a good brownie. This recipe really pulls out all the stops when it comes to flavour, go on- you know you want to.</p>

Salted Caramel Stuffed Brownies

<p>This is a&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;flapjack recipe full of delicious strawberries.</p>

Strawberry Flapjack

<p>We've taken two timeless classic favourites and stuck them together making a hybrid fit for royalty, the mouthwatering flapjack based millionare's shortbread.</p>

Flapjack Based Millionaire's Shortbread

<p>This rainbow sponge traybake recipe is a great time saver. It's for a simple traybake (or sometimes known as a sheetcake). This quick and easy traybake serves 12 and only takes 20 minutes to prepare. We've decorated ours with rainbow buttercream for a really fun look which the kids will love.<br>
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If rainbows are your thing, try out our <a data-item-id="487578e2-ccf0-513b-825e-a0c1f86b83a6" href="">rainbow meringues recipe</a> next!</p>

Quick & Easy Rainbow Traybake

<p>Our rocky road brownies are a fully loaded twist on two classics: <a data-item-id="599707c9-2024-5397-ad77-e58ffe4bc965" href="">Rocky Road</a> and our favourite <a data-item-id="e8dc4fab-3f74-5dd4-8feb-0464527961e3" href="">Billington's Brownie recipe</a>, some would say its a match made in Baking Mad heaven. Perfect for a charity bake sales, party treats or even a midweek pick me up. One thing's for sure, you'll be sneaking back into the kitchen for just one more slice.</p>

Rocky Road Brownies

<p>This honey and stem ginger cake is a lovely light sponge. We've used honey in this recipe as it lends itself well to the bake. It adds sweetness without the need for refined sugar and helps retain a really nice moisture to the sponge.</p>
<p>This cake works wonderfully as a traybake, but if you love the flavour, why not try our <a data-item-id="69463b7e-8dd5-509e-9d71-6871ec7ec6d4" href="">loaf cake version</a> which has a whipped mascarpone, roasted figs and pistachio topping?</p>

Honey & Stem Ginger Traybake

<p>Needing nothing but a mixing bowl, lined baking tray and a fridge - this 'chuck-it-all-in' no bake Rocky Road recipe is simple to make and even simpler to scoff. We can't promise it'll be around for long. Stuffed full of marshmallows, biscuits and glacé cherries, coated generously in rich plant-based chocolate this easy Rocky Road is perfect for picnicking or parties.</p>

Vegan Rocky Road

<p>Usually prepared for a festive occasion such as Diwali, Mysore Pak is a traditional Indian sweet. Antony Amourdoux has created a twist on this traditional Indian classic adding a pistachio and cardamom shortbread base with the topping texture feeling&nbsp;deliciously dense and&nbsp;buttery fudge-like in consistency that just melts in the mouth.&nbsp;</p>
<p>YUM Antony says "Neighbours would shower us with boxes of this beautiful treat. I miss it so I made my own home-made version of it a crisp Pistachio with a Malt MysorePak. Go on be brave and give it a TRY" &nbsp;</p>

Millionaire Malt Mysore Pak Shortbread

<p>We have the <a href="/recipes/the-ultimate-chocolate-brownie">ultimate chocolate brownie</a> recipe that we guarantee will knock your socks off. Whichever way you enjoy your brownies; classic, salted caramel, peanut butter or Oreo, we have the brownie recipe for you.<br>
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Calorie Conscious. Vegan. Gluten-Free Brownies. No matter your preference everyone can enjoy a slice of brownie goodness. If blondie recipes are more your bake, then try Martha Collison’s <a href="/recipes/brown-butter-blondies">Brown Butter Blondie</a>.&nbsp;</p>

Chocolate brownies dusted with sea salt sitting next to a box of Billington's Dark Muscovado sugar

Who doesn't love a delicious chocolate brownie or blondie? Discover Baking Mad's exciting recipes and learn to bake something delicious today.

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<p>Traybakes are a fantastic way to introduce your little chefs to the world of baking. Colourful rainbow traybakes, angel cakes slices or go all out with our jazzy <a href="/recipes/party-tray-bake">party cake traybake</a>.<br>
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Feeling fruity? You will love our <a href="/recipes/blackberry-crumble-slices">blackberry crumble slice</a>. Add a little zing with Mary Berry’s <a href="/recipes/iced-lime-tray-bake">Iced Lime Traybake</a> and you can’t go wrong with our <a href="/recipes/bakewell-tart-tray-bake">Cherry Bakewell tart traybake</a>.</p>

Sprinkle Cake sliced up on a sheet of baking paper, topped with icing and sprinkles

Fruit, nuts, chocolate - our cake traybakes have it all Explore the selection of simple recipes and get baking today with Baking Mad

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Cake traybakes are a favourite amongst most bakers, quick and simple.

Cake Traybakes

<p>Forget Millionaire’s shortbread, this bake is all ours. Buttery light shortbread base, oozy gooey rich caramel centre and a sweet chocolate top.<br>
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No bake, vegan or keep it simple. Personalise your caramel shortbread from <a href="/recipes/vegan-dark-chocolate-and-orange-shortbread">Chocolate Orange</a> to <a href="/recipes/millionaires-shortbread-with-cadburys-creme-eggs">Crème Egg Millionaires Shortbread</a>. Or mix and match the base with flapjack, brownies or cookie based. The results are insanely good.</p>

Flat lay of Brownie Based Millionaires Traybake with Billington's light muscovado sugar, a bowl of chocolate chips and a spoonful of caramel

Forget Millionaire’s shortbread, this bake is all ours. Buttery light shortbread base, oozy gooey rich caramel centre and a sweet chocolate top.

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Caramel Shortbread

<p>Brownies are perfect at any time of year - but there’s something especially-Christmassy about enjoying a gooey, soft brownie over the festive season with a <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/baking-tips/homemade-hot-chocolate">homemade hot chocolate</a> on the sofa.</p>
<p>From traditional Christmas brownies to chocolate-stuffed and salted caramel creations, here’s our pick of the best brownies for your dinner table.</p>

12 chocolate brownies on a wooden board next to a packet of Billington's dark muscovado sugar

Gooey, chocolatey and rich, Christmas brownies will surprise and delight your family and friends. Here’s our pick of the best festive brownie recipes.

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<p>Our simple flapjack recipes are ideal to bake either for your family or with your family. Golden and gooey, jazz up your flapjacks with all sorts of fruits from strawberry to our 5* <a href="/recipes/rhubarb-crumble-slices">rhubarb crumble slices</a>.<br>
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No golden syrup? We have the yummiest of solutions with our honey and maple flapjack recipes, guaranteed to vanish in minutes.</p>

Flapjacks are a real favourite, and so easy to make We've tried every flavour you can think of, and we think they all taste great Try a recipe today.

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There is something quite nostalgic about a tray of flapjacks

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<p>Everyone loves Rocky Road - it's a quick, simple, no-bake chocolate and biscuit recipe. Put simply, it's a ‘chuck it all in’ and ‘get stuck in’ treat that the whole family will love.</p>
<p>Our Rocky Road recipes have been carefully-curated by our team of baking experts to give you some great Rocky Road baking inspiration. From Easter and Halloween-themed Rocky Road treats to vegan and gluten free Rocky Road recipes, we've got it all. We've even included a chocolate fridge cake made with Maltesers which is ready in just 20 minutes - delicious!</p>

Biscoff rocky road sliced into 9 pieces with a hand taking one slice

Who said Rocky Road was limited to marshmallows, chocolate and biscuit? Not us; we've got a delicious rocky road recipe to cater for everybody's taste buds.