School Recipes

Chocolate Sprinkle Cake | School Sponge Cake | Old School Traybake

Today I’m sharing my recipe for a chocolate sprinkle cake. This is honestly such a simple and easy cake – it’ll be added to your list of things to make on the regular.

Now I know this cake isn’t anything special but the simplicity makes this cake so much more special. This cake was requested by a a commenter over on my YouTube channel, so I took that and worked around with it. This is a chocolate version of my sprinkle cake but if you’re looking for other old school favourites, check out these recipes chocolate concrete & pink custard, cornflake tart and chocolate hedgehogs.

This isn’t the version you remember from school, thats the standard sprinkle cake but this with some chocolate or mint custard, you’ll be well away. It’s a light and chocolatey sponge cake, topped with a simple chocolate icing and finished with rainbow sprinkles… Simple, straightforward and downright yummy!

Regardless of whether you’re a beginner or a skilled baker, this recipe is the perfect one to make with super simple ingredients and minimal time, you can easily have a cake baked and decorated in no time at all.

Anyway, let’s get starts, shall we?

Ingredients:

Cake:

220g Butter.

220g Granulated sugar.

4 Eggs.

1 tsp Vanilla extract.

180g Plain flour.

40g Cocoa powder.

1 tsp Baking powder.

Pinch of salt.

Optional – 30ml whole milk (dairy free milks work just as well).

Icing:

25g Cocoa powder.

400g Icing sugar.

1/2 tsp Vanilla extract.

Whole milk (the amount will vary depending).

Methods:

Before you get started on the recipe, you’ll want to do some prep work. Start by weighing up all your ingredients, lining a 9×13 inch cake pan with some parchment paper and grab any equipment you may need, such as a stand mixer (hand mixers and spatulas will work equally as well) and silicon spatula. Don’t forget to preheat your oven to 180˚c/350˚f

To start on the cake, you’ll want to grab a large mixing bowl and place the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract into it. Then go ahead and add the dry ingredients, passing through a sieve first to remove any lumps that may be in the dry mix.

Start to incorporate the ingredients on a low speed, working your way up to a medium-high speed until the batter is smooth and glossy.

If needed, you can go ahead and add some milk. This is to help with achieving the perfect consistency, this is optional as you may not need it.

Give the bowl a good scraping down, just to incorporate any bits that haven’t been fully worked in beforehand.

You can then go ahead and transfer the cake batter into your lined 9×13 inch cake tin, spreading it out to level and smooth it out.

Once the cake batter is smooth and level in the cake tin, you can place it into the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a tester come out clean, when inserted into the centre.

Now that the cake has baked, you will want to allow it to cool down fully before you use it. I recommend leaving it in the cake tin as it’ll help when you add the icing, later on.

To make the icing, you’ll want to take medium-large mixing bowl and place the icing sugar and cocoa powder, giving a brief mix just to incorporate. Then slowly add in the milk and vanilla, then whisk until you have a thick but easily spreadable consistency.

When you’re ready, pour over the chocolate icing over the top of the baked and fully cooled cake, then spread it out until the whole cake has been coated and it is all level and consistent.

While the icing is still wet/tacky, take your rainbow sprinkles and scatter them all over the top of the cake, ensuring there is a consistent amount all over.

Allow the icing to firm up, I like to place my cake into the fridge as this allows for the optimum setting potential. A couple of hours will make all the difference, trust me on that one.

When it comes to cutting the cake up, its really up to you. I went with 12 very generously portioned squares but you could easily get 24 smaller rectangular slices – play around when it comes to slicing up the cake to suit you.

That’s all for today guys, I hope you enjoyed. If you did, don’t forget to share this recipe with your family and friends and enjoy it. I’ll be back soon with another blog post and YouTube video, so join me then. In the meanwhile, don’t forget to check out my other social’s – Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube. The YouTube tutorial will be linked down below.

Tottenham Cake

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Today I’m sharing my take on the infamous Tottenham Cake.

I recently had a comment on my YouTube channel, asking for me to share a Tottenham cake recipe, so here it is.

I hadn’t made this specific cake in quite a while, so was quite happy to try something different and new to my channel. This isn’t exactly a traditional version of the traybake but it will certainly hit the sweet spot the same way.

If you’re not sure what this cake is, I’ll tell you. It starts with a vanilla sponge cake which is topped with a simple icing, coloured pink. This is from the use of berry jam or berry puree in the icing.

If you like sprinkle cake, you’ll love this recipe. I recommend you check out my other ‘old school’ recipes, including jam and coconut cake, chocolate concrete, chocolate hedgehogs and small cornflake tart/large cornflake tart.

Anyway, let’s get started, shall we?

Ingredients:

Cake:

220g Butter.

220g Granulated sugar.

4 Eggs.

220g Plain flour.

1 tsp Baking powder.

Pinch of salt.

1 tsp Vanilla extract.

Icing:

400g Icing sugar.

50g Raspberry jam, seedless and slightly warmed.

Milk, as much as needed to achieve the perfect consistency.

1/2 tsp Vanilla extract.

(optional) Desiccated coconut or 100s and 1000s.

Method:

Before you get into the baking, you’ll want to do some prep work. Start by weighing up your ingredients, lining your 9×13 inch cake tin with parchment paper, preheat your oven to 180˚c/350˚f and grab a large mixing bowl and mixer.

To start on the cake, take the mixing bowl and place the butter and granulated sugar into it. Beat the two together until they are lighter and fluffier in colour and consistency.

Once they are combined, you can give the bowl a good scraping down, just to incorporate any bits that may not have been fully worked in from earlier on.

Then you can go ahead and add in your eggs and vanilla, roughly one at a time, beating well in-between each addition. You will notice the consistency changes as you add the eggs, this is normal.

Give the bowl another good scraping down, just to incorporate any bits that may not have been fully worked in earlier on.

Take a sieve and pass the plain flour, baking powder and salt through it. I do this as the dry ingredients can sometimes have lumps in the mixture – start the mixer on a low speed to start with, working your way up to a medium-high speed, add a tablespoon of milk at a time, just until you have the perfect consistency.

Transfer the cake batter directly into the lined baking tin and spread it out using a small cranked palette knife or the back of a spoon.

Now place into your preheated oven and bake for roughly 25-30 minutes (or it should be golden brown and a tester should come out clean when in interred into the centre).

While the cake is baking, you can make the icing – which is super easy.

For the icing, grab a small-medium bowl and place in the icing sugar, milk, vanilla extract and raspberry jam. Whisk together until you have a thick but spreadable icing, you may need to add more milk or icing sugar to achieve the perfect consistency, so take your time with it to ensure you get it right. Set the icing aside until its needed later on.

Once your cake is fully baked and cooled, you can go ahead and add the icing directly on top of the cake and spread it out using a small cranked palette knife, ensuring you have given the top of the cake a good coating, this is where you can add the desiccated coconut or sprinkles, but I kept it plain and thats what makes a Tottenham Cake personally.

I place the cake into the fridge, just until the icing has firmed up, which is roughly about an hour. You can then take it from the fridge and take a sharp knife and slice the cake up, I went with 12 very generous sized portions but you could cut them in half and still have a good sized portion.

Cornflake Tart Recipe | School Cornflake Tart

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While you’ve got some more time on your hands, why don’t you give this cornflake tart a go?

I have already done a recipe for a cornflake tart but that was only a small one – this one is a large one. Who doesn’t want more of this classic treat?

I’m not sure whether it’s a local or national thing, but at my secondary school it was on the menu, alongside flapjacks and chocolate flapjacks. This recipe is even better than the ones your school could ever serve – I promise you that.

My recipe may not be exactly traditional but it’s my take on it and it’s always turned out well. If you’re not sure what cornflake tart is – are you okay? It starts with a shortcrust pastry case, which is then filled with strawberry jam and topped with cornflake mixture. You’re guaranteed to get sweet and crispy in every mouthful.

I’ll be showing you how to make your own pastry as well as the filling – its all super easy and can be made with a pretty quick turn around.

Anyway, let’s get started, shall we?

Ingredients:

Pastry:

I already have a recipe showing you how to make pastry, I’ll link it here for you.

Cornflake Filing:

230g Golden syrup.

110g Butter.

80g Granulated sugar.

A pinch of salt.

170g Cornflakes.

250-300g Strawberry jam.

Methods:

Before you get started on the recipe, I recommend you do some prep work. Start by weighing up your ingredients, line your 9×13 inch baking tray (only if needed, or even better, use a disposable tray), preheat your oven to 180˚c/350˚f and get any equipment you may need ready, such as a saucepan and a spatula.

To keep the recipe short and simple, I’ve left a link for the pastry recipe above. Make the pastry and wrap it in some clingfilm and chill for about an hour before you use it.

Once the dough has had some time to chill in the fridge, you can take it and start to roll it out. Start by generously flouring your work surface, then placing the dough onto it.

Roll out the pastry until its roughly 1 inch bigger than the 9×13 inch tin/tray, then you can go ahead and place the pastry over the top and press it down into place. Don’t worry if the pastry rips or tears, you can fix it with the left over pastry.

Dock the bottom of the pastry with a fork, this is just to allow the steam to release and prevents the pastry base rising while it bakes – place in the fridge and allow to chill for an hour.

Once the pastry case has had an hour in the fridge, you can then go ahead and grab your strawberry jam, spreading it out until you have roughly consistent layer of jam.

Place back in the fridge, just while you make the cornflake filling.

To make the cornflake filling, grab a small saucepan and place in the golden syrup, butter and granulated sugar and salt, then place it on the heat over a medium heat.

Allow everything to melt a little and then start stirring it constantly, just until everything is fully melted and is well combined.

Grab your bowl of cornflakes and pour over the melted mixture.

Then you can go ahead and give it all a very good stir until all of the cornflakes have been well coated in the liquid mix. Once you’ve achieved this, you can go ahead and grab your pastry case filled with the jam and add all of the cornflake mixture directly on top of the jam.

Move them about until you have a consistent layer and compress them down until the are slightly compact – this is just to make sure that it stays together while it bakes and once it cools down.

Place into your preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the cornflakes have turned a golden brown colour. Whatever you do, don’t touch the tart until, its fully cooled down. Leave it in the baking tin/tray until it has fully cooled.

Once everything is done and dusted, you can go ahead and slice up the cornflake tart. You can cut it however you like but I went with 12 generously she portions but you could get 24 smaller bitesize pieces – its up to you.

Chocolate Hedgehogs

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If you remember these chocolatey cornflake mounds from school, this recipe is going to give you a throwback!I have seen people call these ‘chocolate hedgehogs’ and ‘Chocolate cracknell’ but I have always known them as chocolate hedgehogs.

I have seen these chocolate hedgehogs and other old school bakes rise in popularity, especially over on social media. People have been posting asking for recipes and I’ve even seen people start making these from home and selling them, which is great but some of them are a bit hit and miss, if I’m honest. If you remember these, this will sure take you back to your school days.

Anyway, if you’re not sure exactly what these are, I’ll tell you. They are a really simple, no bake dessert that use to be served in schools in and around England. As always with these old school recipes, I’m never sure if they are local or national, I know they can have several names for the same bake. So basically they are cornflakes coated with a chocolatey syrupy mixture which is then scooped up into a large ice cream scoop, compressed, then placed in the fridge to chill for a short while, easy enough right? This is the perfect recipe if you’re looking for something chocolatey, crunch and sweet this might just hit the spot.

There isn’t really a whole lot to do when making these, so these would be ideal to make with kids. Anyway, melt the butter and syrup together, either in a microwave or in a saucepan over a medium heat. Once melted, allow to cool for a few minutes while you mix together your cornflakes, sugar and cocoa powder, then pour over your liquid mixture on top of the cornflake mixture and mix very well until its all well combined. You will notice a change in the colour of the cornflakes, this is due to the cocoa powder. Once it’s all well combined, get your ice cream scooped scoop up a good amount and then compress them down using either a spoon or a smaller cup measurement, either will work well.You will then want to transfer each your compressed mounds of the chocolate cornflakes onto a lined baking tray and once you’ve filled your tray, place in the fridge for around 30-45 minutes, then enjoy. These are quick and easy and best of all are no-bake and don’t require any baking (which is ideal as the UK is currently experiencing a heatwave and just the thought of being in a warm kitchen makes me not want to bake). These are best enjoyed on the day you make them but can be enjoyed the following day if you have left overs or are making them in advance.

Ingredients:

180g Cornflakes.

65g Granulated sugar.

25g Cocoa powder.

128g Butter.

110g Golden syrup.

Method:

Start by weighing up all your ingredients and lining your baking tray with grease proof/parchment.
Melt your butter and golden syrup together, you can do this one of two ways. Either in the microwave in 30 second intervals until melted or in the saucepan over a medium heat, stirring until melted. Allow to cool slightly before using it.
Place your cornflakes, sugar and cocoa powder into a large mixing bowl and stir them until well combined.
Next you’ll want to pour over the syrup mixture and give it a really good mix, you’ll want all of the cornflakes to be coated roughly the same, take your time and get them well covered.
Once it’s all well combined, using your ice cream scoop you’ll want to scoop up a generous amount and then compress that using either the back of a spoon or a smaller cup measurement will work well. Apply enough pressure so it holds its shape once out of the ice cream scoop.
Transfer the mounds onto your prepared baking tray and once you’ve got a tray full, place it into the fridge and allow them to chill until they are firm. I find that around 30-45 minute works perfectly but remember yours may need more or less time, it all depends on your fridge.
After they’ve done chilling in the fridge, remove them and enjoy them on their own. They are perfect chocolatey, crispy and can be made in under an hour… What’s not to like about these?

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Cornflake Tart Recipe

by bakingwithelliott 2 Comments

If you’re looking for the perfect recipe for a cornflake tart, look no further, I’ve got your back.

Now I’m not sure if this is a local thing or national but if you went to school in the UK, you might recognise this. This recipe has been around for quite some time, a lot of people who went to school in the 70s, 80s, 90s or 00s should remember this! It’s super simple to make and doesn’t take that long either – what’s not to like?

This recipe is my take on the traditional version of a cornflake tart, it’s a really quick, easy and cheap recipe to make and will go down well with many who get to try it. If you’re not sure what a cornflake tart is, I’ll give you a quick run down of what exactly it is. It’s a pastry case which is topped with jam (I opted for strawberry, which is what i remember but feel free to use any berry jam) and then topped with cornflakes that have a sugary sweet syrup stirred throughout them. So, it’s 3 simple layers of shortcrust pastry, jam and sweetened cornflakes, you might even have the stuff in to make it!

If you haven’t made your own pastry before, don’t worry. I have a great recipe for my own shortcrust pastry that I use for all of my pie and tart crusts, it’s yet to fail me! Don’t be intimidated by the thought of making pastry, it’s simpler than you’d think. Here is a link to my recipe, it’s got all the information you need to know, along with tips and tricks on how to make this turn out perfect for you each and every time!

Once you’ve made your pastry and allowed it to chill in the fridge, you’ll want to take roughly about half of it and roll it out until it’s about an inch bigger than the tin you’re using, I opted for a disposable 6 inch/15cm tray but feel free to use whatever you have. Once the pastry is rolled out, I then place it in the tray and press it down so it’s in place and then trim away the excess from around the edge, then dock the bottom of the pastry using a fork, this is just to stop the pastry from having air pockets while baking. The final stage before we bake this is to place it in the fridge for around 1 hour, then bake it off at the required temperature. *I only chilled mine for a short period, so the longer you chill it for, the less it will shrink*.

While your pastry case is baking in the oven, it’s best to make the filling. Place the all the ingredients (except for the cornflakes and jam) into a small saucepan and melt them together over a medium heat, stirring well. Once it’s all melted and well combined, the mixture will be a deep orange colour. Pour this mixture over your cornflakes and stir the two together until they are well coat, it doesn’t take very long at all.

Once the pastry case is out the oven, spread a good amount of your jam on top of it, then spoon on your cornflake mixture. I like to add mine gradually so I don’t make a mess, but feel free to do it your own way. once you’ve added all the cornflakes on top of the jam, I like to gently push them down a little, so its more compact. Pop this back in the oven for a few more minutes, just so the cornflakes become more golden brown, remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before enjoying.

Ingredients:

Pastry:

I have a separate recipe for the pastry – you can find it here.

Cornflake Filling :
115g Golden syrup.
55g Butter.
20g Granulated sugar.
20g Demerara sugar.
A pinch of salt.
85g Cornflakes.
100-150g Jam (I used strawberry but feel free to use any red berry jam).

Method:

Make your pastry (using my recipe, if you’d like) and allow that to chill in the fridge for 1 hour before use.
After 1 hour, roll out half of the pastry, just until its about 1 inch/2.5cm bigger than the 6 inch tin/tray you’re using.
Press down the pastry into the tin and trim away the excess from the sides. (If your pastry has ripped or torn, fix it at this stage).
Dock the bottom of the pastry, using a fork. This prevents pockets of air forming while the pastry is baking.
Chill in the fridge for around an hour, then bake in your preheated oven at 200˚c/400˚f for 15-20 minutes.
While the pastry is baking, make your cornflake filling. Place the golden syrup, butter, granulated sugar, demerara sugar and a pinch of salt into a small saucepan and place that over a medium heat until everything has melted and come together, stirring well.
Remove the liquid mix from the heat and pour over the cornflakes, stirring well until the cornflakes are all well coated in the syrup mixture.
Once the pastry case has been removed from the oven, spread over a generous amount of jam (I opted for strawberry but feel free to use your preferred flavour) and then spoon on your cornflake mix, pressing it down slightly once all the mix is in the case. Place back in the oven for a following 5-7 minutes (or until the cornflakes are starting to turn a golden brown colour).
Allow to cool completely before you enjoy it, to serve enjoy it on its own or with custard, cream or ice cream.

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Chocolate Concrete

by bakingwithelliott 6 Comments

If you’re looking for a nostalgic recipe for chocolate concrete, you have come to the right place. I have the recipe that’ll hit the spot!

As mentioned above, this recipe is another recipe that has been around for many years and enjoyed by many people. If you were at school any time between the 1970s and the 2000s, then you should remember this being served at lunch times every now and again. If you remember this, do you remember pink custard? Chocolate concrete and pink custard are a match made in heaven.

I’m not sure if this is a local or national thing, people from (and around) the West Midlands know it as chocolate concrete and others know it as chocolate crunch, whichever you know it as, here is the perfect recipe for you to make at home. If you’re not sure exactly what it is, well… It’s a traybake biscuit x cake, it’s not one or the other, it is it’s own thing. You can enjoy it on it’s own or with a serving of pink custard.

This is probably one of the simplest things to make, like ever. It only requires a few ingredients, minimal mixing and a short time in the oven… Why don’t you make a batch? So, to make the chocolate concrete dough, place all of your ingredients into the mixing bowl and mix until a clear dough has formed. That’s it, seriously it’s that simple. You place that into your 8 inch/20cm square cake tin, bake in the oven at 175˚c/350˚f for 25-30 minutes. While your concrete is cooling down, you can make your custard. It doesn’t take that long to make, you will want to make it just before you intend to serve it. I’ll leave the full method down below, if you’re interested in making them.

Once fully baked and out the oven, you’ll want to scatter a generous amount of sugar on top and allow it to cool completely before you serve it. This is best served either on it’s own or with a generous serving of the pink custard.

Ingredients –

Chocolate Concrete:

445g Plain flour.
1 tsp Baking powder.
50g Cocoa powder.
250g Granulated sugar.
370g Butter.
1 Egg.

Bake at 175˚c/350˚f for 25-30 minutes.

Pink Custard:

200ml Whole milk.
2 Egg yolks.
20-30g Granulated sugar.
1 tsp Vanilla extract/bean paste.
1 tsp Plain flour.
Food gel (to colour).

Method:

Chocolate concrete:

Start by weighing up all of your ingredients, preheating your oven to 175˚c/350˚f and preparing your 8 inch/20cm square tin with greaseproof paper/parchment paper.
Place the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, sugar, butter and egg into your mixing bowl and mix them all together until a clear dough forms.
Once your dough is ready, transfer it from your mixing bowl to your lined tin and press it into all the corners and try and get it as level as possible by pressing it down using a spatula or cup measurement.
Place the tin in your preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and scatter over some granulated sugar and allow to cool completely before cutting.

Pink Custard:

Start by weighing up all the ingredients you will be using to make the custard.
Pour the milk into a medium saucepan and place it onto the hob over a medium heat until it reaches a boil.
In a medium sized bowl, place the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla extract/bean paste and flour and mix until it’s well combined and become one consistent colour.
Once your milk has come to a boil, add a small amount of the milk to your egg mixture and whisk constantly. This is to temper the egg mixture so it doesn’t scramble when you add the remaining milk.
Add the remaining milk and whisk to combine. Once combined transfer the mixture back to the sauce pan.
Add a small amount of colour paste and whisk that in until combined, then return to the heat and stir is with a spatula constantly until the mixture thickens. *please note the custard doesn’t thicken very much, this is because it’s a pouring custard*.

Serving:

Slice your chocolate concrete up into squares or rectangles and enjoy it either on it’s own or with a generous amount of the freshly made pink custard on top and tuck in straight away.

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Jam and Coconut Cake

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Today I’ll be showing you how to make a super simple jam and coconut sponge cake.

This recipe is the one you’ll see craft bakeries and may remember from your school days. It’s a simple coconut sponge cake (which is light and fluffy), topped with your choice of jam and finished with a sprinkling of desiccated coconut.

As I’ve already mentioned, its a simple sponge cake which is easily elevated by the jam. If you like the sprinkle sponge cake, you may like this one as they are fairly similar and they will certainly give you a nostalgic feeling as you eat them.

If you’re looking for other school or retro recipes, don’t forget to check out chocolate concrete, sprinkle sponge cake and chocolate hedgehogs. I promise that these recipes will unlock memories you’ve forgotten.

Anyway, let’s get started, shall we?

Ingredients:

Cake:

230g Butter.

230g Granulated sugar.

230g Plain flour.

1 tsp Baking powder.

4 Eggs

150g Desiccated coconut.

Milk (only if needed).

Topping –

60-80g Jam (whichever flavour you like)

80g Desiccated coconut (use more or less, whatever takes your fancy).

Method:

Before you get started on making this cake, you’re best to do some prep work. Start by lining your 9×13 inch tin with parchment paper, weigh up all of the ingredients, preheat your oven to 180˚c/350˚f and get any equipment you may need such as a mixing bowl and spatula.

To start, take a mixing bowl and place in the butter and granulated sugar. Then beat the two together until they are lighter and fluffier in colour and consistency.

Now you can add your eggs, one at a time, beating well in-between each addition. Doing it this way lowers the chances of the mixture curdling.

You can then go ahead and add in the plain flour and baking powder, passing them through a sieve first (this just helps the cake to be lighter and fluffier). Then you can go-ahead and add in the desiccated coconut – mix it all together until a clean cake batter has formed.

Go ahead and give the bowl a good scraping down, this will just incorporate any bits that may not have been fully worked in from before.

Take the cake batter and transfer it into your lined 9×13 inch cake tin and spread it out until its fairly consistent. I like to use a offset palette knife, but the back of a spoon would work equally as well.

Then you can take the cake tin and place into your preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a tester comes out clean, when inserted into the centre. The cake should have risen a good amount and be a consistent golden brown colour on top.

Allow the cake to cool fully in the tray before you finish the cake off.

To finish the cake, you’ll want to make sure your jam is spreadable. You can give it a good mix or warm for a few seconds in the microwave, then add the jam on top of the cake and spread it out, ensuring there is good coverage, you can use more jam is you feel it’s needed. Then to finish the cake, take he desiccated coconut and sprinkle it on top of the jam.

Sprinkle Sponge Cake | School Sponge Cake | Old School Traybake

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If you remember having this cake at school, you must make this as soon as possible. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

This cake is just one of the few old school favourites I remember being offered when I was back in primary school – others include chocolate concrete & pink custard, cornflake tart and chocolate hedgehogs.

This recipe is my take on the traditional version of the old school traybake, it’s a really quick, easy and cheap recipe to make and will go down well with many who get to try it. If you’re not sure what this cake is, I’ll give you a quick run down.

This cake is a basic sponge cake which is topped with a even simpler glacé icing and best of all, it can be made and finished within 60 minutes – what’s not to love?

For the cake, I used the all in one method (which isn’t as preferred as the creaming method), place all of your ingredients into a bowl and mix them until a cake batter has formed.

Compared to the creaming method, which starts with you creaming the butter and sugar together, then gradually adding the egg then the dry ingredients. You can use either method, they will both work well and usually I would use the creaming method for cakes.

The icing is a simple glacé icing or water icing, which is just icing sugar and water. It makes for a sweet and crisp icing the works remarkably well with this cake in particular.

You pour this in the centre of your fully baked and cooled cake, then spread it out using a cranked/offset spatula or the back of a spoon to spread and level the icing as best you can and finish it with the sprinkles – this cake is so simple, you don’t need to be a master baker or anything.

At school this cake would be served with custard, which is a welcome addition.

Ingredients:

220g Plain flour

1 tsp Baking powder

Pinch of salt.

220g Granulated sugar.

4 Eggs.

220g Butter.

2 tbsp Milk.

1 tsp Vanilla extract.

Icing:

400g Icing sugar.

Water (work a teaspoon at a time, until its perfectly spreadable).

Rainbow sprinkles.

Method:

Cake:

Start by doing some prep work. Preheat your oven to 180˚c/350˚f, weighing up all your ingredients and preparing your tray with butter and flour, which is either 8×12 inches. (These can be found in the supermarket 6 trays for £3 or so).

Start by placing all your ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix together on a low-medium speed to start with. Working your way up to a medium-high speed until everything is combined and a clear dough has formed (there shouldn’t be a trace of a single ingredient).

If you find that your cake batter is a little too thick, add in your milk, a little a time until the cake batter is slightly more spreadable.

Give the bowl a good scraping down, then mix in any ingredients that haven’t been fully worked in – trying your best not to over-mix the mixture (otherwise the cake will be tougher in texture).

Add the cake batter into the tray and level it out as best you possibly can using a small offset/cranked palette knife and then place into the oven and allow to bake for around 25-30 minutes (or until a tester comes out clean).

Once out the oven, allow to cool completely before finishing.

Icing:

Into a medium size bowl, place in the icing sugar and a teaspoon of water/milk, mixing well. Keep adding a teaspoon at a time until you get to a thick but loose enough to spread.

Finishing:

Take your cooled down cake and place the icing into the middle of the cake then spread it out as evenly as possible using a offset/cranked palette knife. Try to give the cake as level coating as possible.

Once you’ve got your icing spread out, sprinkle a generous amount of rainbow sprinkles onto the top.

That’s all you need to do to make this cake, its quick, easy and cheap – what’s not to love? I hope you get to make this soon!

(Video tutorial if you’d like that over reading or want to read and watch, haha).

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