Old school cake recipes

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.

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.

A very easy and simple recipe for old school canteen jam and coconut sponge cake. Serve on it's own or with (pink!) custard. Delicious either way!

A simple recipe for old school sponge cake with white icing and multi-coloured sugar sprinkles. Delicious sponge like they used to serve in the school canteen. Quick and easy to make at home!

Remember the classic school lunch treat? This Old School Cake (Sprinkle Sponge Tray Bake) is soft, buttery, and topped with a nostalgic layer of icing and sprinkles. Try this childhood favorite today!

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!

Recipe for a Vanilla Loaf Cake (Vanilla Pound Cake). A simple and easy cake recipe that is an old school classic, fluffy vanilla sponge baked in a loaf tin, decorated with smooth vanilla buttercream and sprinkles. Simple, but delicious! #vanillacake #loafcake #poundcake #simplecakes #thebakingexplorer

My old school chocolate tray bake recipe. A light, cocoa-rich sponge smothered in sweet brown glacé icing & sprinkles. Serve with custard.

Baking has made a comeback with old-school cake recipes and old-fashioned favourites hitting that nostalgic baking note. So get your vintage cake bake on and relive childhood with these retro cake recipes.

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.

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!

An old school classic - the #retro school dinner #sprinkelcake just like the cooks used to make it! Super easy and 100% delicious! #retrosprinkelcake #schoolcake #traybake #cake #baking #easytraybake #vanillacake #schoolsprinklecake #kidspartycake #treat #cakes #bakingblog #delicious

This Neiman Marcus Cake is an old-school Southern gem that tastes like it came straight from a bakery — rich, gooey, and totally irresistible. With a buttery cake base, a tangy cream cheese top layer, and a dusting of powdered sugar, it’s the kind of recipe that never makes it to leftovers. My mom used to bring […]

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…

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Take the classic bakewell tart recipe and make it into a tray bake in this recipe. A golden layer of shortcrust pastry topped with an almond cake, strawberry jam, icing and glacé cherries. For more of a classic recipe, look no further than our champion bakewell tart.