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 true British classic. My take on the popular old-fashioned School Cake. This simple, fluffy vanilla traybake is topped with icing and lots of colourful sprinkles!

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…

Cake covered in buttercream with fondant "notepad", pencil and paper clips on top. www.butterflybakeshop.com/

Everyone in the UK remembers the retro School Dinner Cake! A soft and fluffy sponge traybake topped with white icing and coloured sprinkles.

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.