Q for Aussies: what constitues a "slice"?

[StarvingButStrong]

@Dorabella

I’m an Aussie. A slice is um, a slice. It is a dessert or treat. It is usually made in a large rectangular dish and cut into rectangles for serving. Often there is a pastry or biscuit base (cookies not scones) with a filling - chocolate, lemon, or whatever and a topping though it could be a cake like mixture on its own. Here is a recipe for a chocolate slice. I would be interested to see what you call such a thing: https://www.cadburykitchen.com.au/recipes/view/mums-chocolate-slice/1/

Yeah, as Aspenglow says, it sounds like what I’d mostly call a “bar,” though the recipe you linked to sounds pretty much like a frosted brownie.

My sister likes to make this thing where you line a 9" X 12" inch baking pan with saltine crackers, then pour a hot sauce made mostly from butter and sugar all over them, and bake for a while. Then as soon as you take it out of the oven you pour a layer of chocolate chips on top, wait a couple of minutes for them to melt, then spread the chocolate into an even layer, and finally sprinkle chopped nuts all over it. Would you call that a ‘slice,’ too?

Hmm. In the past, in books written by English writers, I’ve come across the term 'tray bakes." Is that another alternate name for the same type of things?