Old School Sprinkle Cake Recipe
This classic school sprinkle cake will take you right back to school dinners. A lovely, light sponge covered in icing and sprinkles, it's a cake the whole family will love.
Servings 20 Slices
Ingredients
- 250 g unsalted butter at room temperature
- 250 g caster sugar
- 5 eggs
- 250 g self raising flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or essence
To decorate
- Sprinkles
- 350 g icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 160C/300F/Gas 2 and line a sheet cake pan or brownie pan
- Cream together the butter and caster sugar in a large mixing bowl
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well
- Pour the batter into the lined/greased loaf tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes until brown on the top and a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Make icing sugar by gradually adding water to the icing sugar and mixing well. It should be nice and thick when ready.
- Cover the top of the cake in icing, add the sprinkles and leave to set before slicing and serving.
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.