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Anyone remember School Dinner Pink Iced Tray Bake? I'm hunting for a recipie..

Ahh, that pink iced tray bake from school... such very fluffy & moist plain sponge that it was barely there and had to be held down with lashings of bright pink icing with sprinkles!

... does anyone know the recipie? I guess I could try any plain sponge but that one was particularly fluffy and moist at the same time.

(I have googled & read over the Recipie collection here to no avail)
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  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    My mum was a dinner lady and I remember well the sponge you're asking about :) will ask her when she comes later,she has a book of recipes they used.
  • 23rdspiral
    23rdspiral Posts: 1,929 Forumite
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    wow that would be amazing thank you D&DD!

    for anyone else looking for School Dinner recipies, I found this great website for things like Pink Custard, Chocolate Concrete & Jam & Coconut Squares, but sadly not my sought after Pink Iced cake!: http://www.littlestuff.co.uk/?s=school+dinners
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  • rosieben
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    check out the School days recipes thread too, though sadly that doesn't seem to include your pink iced cake recipe. You might find something else as a consolation though :)
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  • Gigervamp
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    I used to love the tart that had a layer of jam, and a topping of pink marshmallow.
    Many years ago, my dad was dating a dinner lady and she gave me the recipe, but I lost it.
    Anyone else remember it?
  • Auntie_Sceb
    Auntie_Sceb Posts: 161 Forumite
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    I don't know the cake or the recipe but I'm grateful for the links. I loved school dinners!
  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Right mum brought her book over and this is what she has down for it she says they were boring and did white icing tho lol
    6 oz marg
    6 oz caster sugar
    2 large eggs
    8 oz sr flour
    2 tblspns milk
    1/2 tsp vanilla extract


    She said they used to have huge tubs of marg rather than butter at school that's why marg is used here but I'm sure it'd be fine with butter too.


    They used huge mixers and quadrupled the recipe and did it as an all in one mix too.


    Giger sorry no luck for your one she didn't recognise it I'm afraid so it may be a regional thing?


    To make you all feel hungry she brought me over a batch of spam fritters too lol I love my mum!!
  • IrishRose12
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    I used to love the toffee cake that we got in school dinners. Nice bit of shortbread crust at the bottom with a load of toffee then some chocolate sprinkles. Can't find the proper recepie for that either as I'd love to make it for my own LO's
    Thanks to this stupid healthy eating business our kids these days miss out on so much nice food. :(
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  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Was it caramel tart Rose?? I think I posted the recipe on the school dinners thread it's one of my favourites :)
  • IrishRose12
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    D&#8517 wrote: »
    Right mum brought her book over and this is what she has down for it she says they were boring and did white icing tho lol
    6 oz marg
    6 oz caster sugar
    2 large eggs
    8 oz sr flour
    2 tblspns milk
    1/2 tsp vanilla extract


    She said they used to have huge tubs of marg rather than butter at school that's why marg is used here but I'm sure it'd be fine with butter too.


    They used huge mixers and quadrupled the recipe and did it as an all in one mix too.


    Giger sorry no luck for your one she didn't recognise it I'm afraid so it may be a regional thing?


    To make you all feel hungry she brought me over a batch of spam fritters too lol I love my mum!!

    I think your mum could make some money if she were to copy that book of hers!! :rotfl:

    I'm now off to get lost in the links:o
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