This is the easiest birthday cake ever thanks to our shortcut sponge cake mix. It’s baked all in one tray and iced with a simple lemon icing then finished with lots of fun Jazzie sprinkles – just add candles and serve at a party or try warm with custard for a nostalgic pudding.

Marks & Spencer
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35MIN
Total time
Ingredients
Servings
8
1 box
(500 g)
(500 g)
M&S sponge cake mix
3
M&S free-range mixed size eggs
100 ml
milk
100 g
M&S Remarksable Value unsalted British butter, softened
125 g
icing sugar
1 drop
pink food colouring
15 ml
lemon juice
2 tbsp
jazzie sprinkles