Fairy Bread Sponge Cake
"Every Australian knows it's just not a party without Fairy Bread! For those of you residing in outside the wonderful world of Aus, that's a slice of bread, slathered in butter, and covered in sprinkles.. but not those long, slightly soft sprinkles, they're tiny little solid balls of coloured sugar that we've dubbed 100's and 1000's Apparently, this tradition started in Perth, in 1921, and it's been a staple party food in Australia ever since. As a kid, it was honestly the highlight of the party! So when I realised that my good friend Brendan was turning 21 tomorrow... I knew exactly what I had to do. I had to adapt this childhood party favourite, into a cake. This, is Australia's answer to the Momofuku Milk Bar Birthday Cake... The Fairy Bread Sponge Cake!!"
Serves8 birthday cake
Preparation Time2 hr
Chilling Time30 min
Cooking Time25 min
Cooking Vessel Size9 inch cake tin
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 2 1/3 cup caster sugar
- 1 cup self raising flour
- 2 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 250 gram unsalted butter
- 3 cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoon full cream milk
- 190 gram hundreds and thousands sprinkles