School cake recipe

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!

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.

Vanilla sponge traybake with icing is a school dinners pudding loved by many. Plus, this old school cake recipe is so easy and quick to make.

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.

A deliciously yummy chocolate school cake with a really easy-to-make chocolate cake, icing, and homemade chocolate 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 soft vanilla sponge topped with icing and sprinkles makes this school cake recipe one loved by older and younger family members alike!

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.

Dive into the world of school cake and relive the flavors of childhood lunches amidst evolving dining trends.