traybake

Meanings

1. 1nouncountableBritish

   a cake or similar baked food made in a flat rectangular tin and cut into pieces

   Grammar: Countable: a traybake, two traybakes. Often used in the plural for the pieces.

   Patterns

   • make a traybake
   • a traybake recipe
   • cut the traybake into squares

   She made a chocolate traybake for the school fair.

   This lemon traybake is easy because you mix everything in one bowl.

   We cut the traybake into twelve equal pieces.

2. 2noununcountableBritish

   a style of baking where all the ingredients are put in one flat tin and baked together

   Grammar: Uncountable when talking about the method: Traybake is quick and simple.

   Patterns

   • a traybake recipe
   • try traybake
   • the art of traybake

   Traybake is perfect for busy weeknights.

   The cookbook has a whole chapter on traybake.

   I love traybake because there is less washing up.

Word forms

Common combinations

chocolate traybake

The chocolate traybake disappeared within minutes.

make a traybake

I'll make a traybake for the picnic.

traybake recipe

She shared her favorite traybake recipe online.

cut into squares

Let the traybake cool before cutting it into squares.

Synonyms and how they differ

sheet cake

Sheet cake is the American term for a similar flat cake, but it often has frosting and is served in larger slices.

bar cookie

Bar cookie is American and usually refers to a denser, cookie-like baked square, not a sponge cake.

Word family

bake verb

to cook food in an oven

baking noun

the activity of cooking food in an oven

baker noun

a person who bakes

Commonly confused: traybake or tray bake?

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