Old school sprinkle cake!

I've haven't had any crazy pregnancy cravings so far - but the sponge cake (with the hundreds & thousands with white icing on top - you know the one!) that we had in primary school, always comes across my mind. Tonight I decided to actually stop thinking and start baking and here's the result...

If I must say so myself it turned out ok the first time, it could of been better - but like my Hubby said, its all in the taste! It's a really easy bake, but somehow I still managed to fuck up the icing?? Still tasted good though :P

I came across various sites for recipes - I had to mix and match what I had in the cupboard, like some recipes called for vanilla essence but I didn't have any! So (note to future self) here's the main recipe I followed:

Ingredients

225g self-raising flour 

175g soft butter or baking spread

175g caster sugar

3 Large eggs

3Tblsp/45ml milk

1 1/2 tsp of baking powder

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas Mark 4.

2. Mix the butter, flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs and milk into your bowl/mixer.

3. Beat/Mix well for 2 minutes until it is well beaten.

4. Pour the mixture into your desired baking tray and be sure to level the top of the mixture.

5. Bake the sponge for about 20-25 minutes until the cake has shrunk away from the sides of the tin or until the sponge springs back when you press it lightly with your fingertips.

6. Once the time is up leave the cake to cool in the tin and then ice!

Icing 

I use 225g of icing sugar and added enough water to make a pourable icing, you can add the hundred and thousands and presto! Delicious sponge cake with icing and hundred and thousands just like it tasted back in school.

http://mummyandthebubbas.com/recipes/cake-cake-cake-cake/