School cake recipe

What is School Cake? It’s a basic vanilla sponge cake recipe with water icing and sprinkles. We have sometimes seen it sliced in two horizontally with jam in the middle, but mostly it’s just as is! It often came served with custard too. School Cake has a few different names. Sometimes it’s called Old School Cake, Retro School Cake, School Dinner Cake, School Cake Traybake, sometimes literally Sponge Cake with Sprinkles, Sprinkle Sponge, or Sprinkle Cake. Whatever you call it, it's simple…

This school cake is a favourite at school dinners here in the UK. A plain vanilla tray bake with lots of icing and sprinkles it's a simple bake kids will love.

This traditional school dinner cake is one that many of us remember fondly! A vanilla sponge with royal icing and sprinkles, follow this easy recipe for a little childhood throwback!

If you're feeling nostalgic, this old school cake recipe is ideal. Smothered in icing & sprinkles, it's best served as a pudding with custard.

I made this cake the first time as part of fulfilling my promise to make all the cakes which feature in my first novel, Art and Soul which is out now! If you like reading uplifting contemporary romance, you can get your own copy on Amazon. This time it’s simple old school sponge cake with…

A take on the classic vanilla sprinkle cake served up in British primary schools. This is an easy recipe that makes plenty of slices, so it's ideal for parties.

A deliciously yummy chocolate school cake with a really easy-to-make chocolate cake, icing, and homemade chocolate custard!

When I first set out to make this recipe I wondered if School Cake was now a thing of the past. The boys however informed me that you do still indeed get School Cake at

A soft vanilla sponge topped with icing and sprinkles makes this school cake recipe one loved by older and younger family members alike!

A true British classic - this is my take on the popular old-fashioned School Cake. This simple, fluffy vanilla traybake is topped with icing and lots of colourful sprinkles! When it comes to cake, the simplest of cakes is definitely a winner in my opinion. The cake I have for you today is easy to…