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This Confetti Celebration Tray cake is easy to make, tastes delicious and is the perfect bake for a birthday party. Serving up 12 chunky slices of deliciousness, your guests will not be disappointed! A real crowd pleaser.
I made this for my husbands birthday, unfortunately he only got one slice as my kiddies hoovered it up pretty sharpish- I believe that proves the wonderfulness of this cake!
How to make a Confetti Celebration Tray Cake
Ingredients
Softened butter or margarine
Caster sugar
Self raising flour
Baking Powder
Eggs
Vanilla Extract
Hundreds and thousands sprinkles
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 180°c
- Line a 12 x 9 inch pan with baking paper.
- Put all the cake batter ingredients into a bowl, blend until smooth.
- Fold some hundreds and thousands sprinkles in the batter
- Pour cake batter into the lined baking pan.
- Sprinkle some more hundreds and thousands on top.
- Pop in the oven for 30 minutes, test with a skewer, if it comes out clean it’s ready.
- Allow to cool completely.
- Make the icing by mixing the icing sugar with the Cocoa powder, add a few drops of water, mix until it has a thick gloopy consistency.
- Spread the icing on top of the cake, to level the icing, give the pan a shake.
- Sprinkle hundreds & thousands on top
How to Store Confetti Celebration Tray Cake
Confetti Celebration Cake will keep for 4-5 days if stored at room temperature in an airtight container. Want to freeze it? No problem just wrap the cooled cake in cling film, pop it in a freezer bag for up to 3 months *If you intend to freeze the cake, do so un-iced. To decorate your Tray Bake Cake, thaw at room temperature, once defrosted, apply the Icing.
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Tools Used
- Hand mixer,
- Mixing bowl,
- Glass baking dish,
- Baking liners,
- Bamboo cutting boards
Ingredients
Cake batter ingredients
225 g of softened butter or margarine
225 g castor sugar
275 g self raising flour
2 tsp of baking powder
4 eggs
2 tbsp of Vanilla extract
Hundreds and thousands sprinkles
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Icing ingredients
250g of icing sugar
Dash of Vanilla extract
2 tbsp of Cocoa powder
4-5 tablespoons of water
Instructions
Pre heat oven to 180°c
Line a 12 x 9 inch pan with baking paper.
Put all the cake batter ingredients into a bowl, blend until smooth. Fold some hundreds and thousands sprinkles in
Pour cake batter into the lined baking pan. Sprinkle some more hundreds and thousands on top.
Pop in the oven for 30 minutes, test with a skewer, if it comes out clean it's ready.
Allow to cool completely.
Make the icing by mixing the icing sugar with the Cocoa powder, add a few drops of water, mix until it has a thick gloopy consistency.
Spread the icing on top of the cake, to level the icing, give the pan a shake. Sprinkle hundreds & thousands on top
Delicious cake and so easy to make. I used chocolate chips in the sponge instead of chocolate sprinkles and it turned out perfectly. 😋