I don’t have an Aunt Edna. I don’t know if this recipe comes from someone’s actual Aunt Edna. What I do know, is that this recipe for Aunt Edna’s Fruit Slices is yet another simple and straightforward traybake that tastes great.

Aunt Edna’s Fruit Slices tick a lot of the ‘classic traybake ingredient’ boxes. There’s coconut, dates and glacé cherries. And almonds, although you could easily use another type of nut if you don’t have almonds to hand. Yes, you can also leave out the glacé cherries, if you’re not a fan. I didn’t realize just how many people out there didn’t actually like glacé cherries until the first time I posted my recipe for Fifteens. Turns out there are a number of substitutions that people make in those. So feel free to substitute here as well if you want.

The base is quite a buttery mix of flour, sugar and butter. And it will rise up a but and still be very soft when you take it out of the oven. Just let it sit for a few minutes while the oven increases in temperature and it will settle down. Then you can spread the topping over the base – carefully so as not to disturb it too much – and then back in the oven to finish baking.

The brown sugar in the base (and topping) adds an extra depth of flavor to this traybake. And there’s a nice level of chew from the dried fruit as well as some crunch from the nuts and the sugar sprinkled on top.