# Q for Aussies: what constitues a "slice"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-aussies-what-constitues-a-slice/810996 "2018-03-21T22:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-aussies-what-constitues-a-slice/810996/5 "2018-03-21T23:23:17Z")
> [@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/](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? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-aussies-what-constitues-a-slice/810996)._