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Easy Weekend Weetabix Cake (Fatless and High-Fibre)

By Wendy

Weetabix Cake - Fat Free & High Fibre (and delicious!)

 

This fat-free, easy-to-make Weetabix cake sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Well, I promise you it isn’t. It doesn’t even require a lot of mixing–it’s that easy. Really, Mr. Weetabix does the hard work here, acting as a superb glue for the rest of the ingredients (so you need no butter), he adds a delicious taste and a high dose of fiber too.

No cake is ever going to be classed as a health food, but if you’re going to have a cake then at least make a healthier version. A slice of this will fit in your lunchbox just perfectly.

Ingredients for weetabix cakeStuff You’ll Need

  • 2 Weetabix
  • 125g (1 cup) sultanas or raisins
  • 200g (1 cup) brown sugar (Any type)
  • 250ml (1 cup) milk
  • 1 egg
  • 150g (1 cup) self raising flour
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 2lb loaf tin

Let’s Get Going

weetabixsoak1. Put the Weetabix, dried fruit, sugar, and milk into a bowl. Break up the Weetabix a little, with a spoon, and stir it all together. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave it in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight.

 

 

 

mix all ingredients together2. Preheat the oven to 180c, 350f, gas 4. Put the other ingredients into the bowl with your Weetabix mix and stir it until everything is mixed in.

 

 

 

Add weetabix cake mix to tin3. Pour the mix into a greased loaf tin, and cook for 50 minutes.

 

 

 

 

And that’s it–just three steps! You’ve made your fat free, high fibre cake. Now all that’s left to do is enjoy it. 

Finished weetabix cakeYou can easily make 2 of these and freeze one for later–Weetabix cake freezes really well.

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What’s the Big Deal with Fibre?

intestine diagramSo, you probably hear a lot about why fibre is so good for us, but you don’t really know why. Well, probably most grown-ups don’t either! To understand better, let’s take a look at how our bodies process the food we eat.

Once food reaches our stomach (tummy) it next gets sent to the small intestine. The small intestine processes our food, and anything that can be absorbed into our bloodstream gets taken care of here–such as sugar, for example. Anything that our body can’t absorb then gets sent on to the large intestine. The large intestine processes what is left of the food that our body can’t use, and  it turns it into… well… poop.

Fibre travels through both the small intestine and the large intestine, making sure they stay clean–this helps to keep our insides nice and healthy. If you eat a good amount of fibre, then when it’s time to go to the toilet, fibre makes it easier for you to… well… poop.

So, as you can see, fibre is a really important thing to have in our diets.

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Where is the Fibre in Weetabix Cake?

In our Weetabix cake, the Weetabix itself has a good amount of fibre, and the dried fruit (sultanas, raisins, etc.) is a good source of fibre too. So these foods aren’t only yummy they are good for our bodies too!

If you enjoyed the Weetabix cake you made then please share this post and let your family and friends know.

 

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Comments

  1. Liz gray says

    September 26, 2017 at 9:57 pm

    The egg is not mentioned when adding ingredients

    Reply
    • Wendy Finn says

      September 26, 2017 at 10:07 pm

      Hi Liz, you’ll see in part 2 it says “add other ingredients”.

      Reply
      • Liz gray says

        September 26, 2017 at 10:11 pm

        Yes but video shows it with the first ingredients

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        • Wendy Finn says

          September 26, 2017 at 10:14 pm

          There isn’t a video. It’s clearly in the picture on step 2 and is clearly stated in the text when to add the egg.

          Reply
          • Liz gray says

            September 26, 2017 at 10:19 pm

            Sorry I’m wrong it turned ou good adding egg with milk

  2. Liz gray says

    September 26, 2017 at 10:03 pm

    Didn’t say when to add egg

    Reply
    • Liz gray says

      September 26, 2017 at 10:06 pm

      Egg was not told when to add

      Reply
    • Wendy Finn says

      September 26, 2017 at 10:07 pm

      As stated previously, step 2 says “add other ingredients” so this would be where you add egg.

      Reply
  3. Irene Jack says

    February 28, 2018 at 1:20 pm

    It would be very useful if you could kindly mention how many syns the cake comes to. I make the dried fruit alone to be 17.5 syns not to mention the flour, sugar etc. I know the cake is cut into slices and portions but it really would help to know this before cooking. The cake looks lovely, I must say.

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    • Wendy Finn says

      March 1, 2018 at 11:58 am

      Hi Irene, thank you for your comments. Yes it is a lovely cake. Unfortunately I will not be adding information like syns to any of my recipes. There are a few reasons for this but the main one is that obviously this is a cooking website for kids, who don’t, and shouldn’t, care about diets and syns. This recipe wasn’t intended to ever be a ‘diet’ recipe, although obviously the beauty of making things yourself is that you have a list of the ingredients and relevant quantities to be able to work out syns, calories, points or whatever you wish to. Many thanks, and I hope you do try the cake at some point.

      Reply
  4. Tina says

    March 2, 2018 at 11:08 am

    Fatless and high in fibre but why loads of sugar ? Surely this is not healthy

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    • Wendy Finn says

      March 2, 2018 at 12:08 pm

      I do not advertise this as healthy; it’s a cake! I specify quite clearly that the fibre keeps your insides healthy, and nothing more. There isn’t loads of sugar, there is of course sugar in it because… it’s a cake! LOL

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      • Maria Farrar says

        March 7, 2019 at 10:37 am

        Thanks for this going to try this with my grandson. I am going to make one with sugar and one for sweetener for me to see how it turns out. Oh and it is completely obvious to add egg with ‘other ingredients’ even shows in picture. 😂

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        • Wendy says

          March 22, 2019 at 6:37 am

          Thank you! If be interested to see how the cake with sweetener turns out. That’s a great idea.

          Reply
  5. Mandy says

    March 2, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    Love the cake, first time I made it, I told no one about the weetabix until after they had finished it. I got loads of compliments on it.. just made it a second time, hope it’s as good. Thankyou for the recipe xx

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    • Wendy Finn says

      March 2, 2018 at 2:30 pm

      Brilliant, thanks Mandy. I love making the big reveal to people that it’s got Weetabix in it ?

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      • Mandy says

        March 3, 2018 at 10:56 am

        I’ve made it again, but this time I halved the sugar…….just for myself really as I’ve had weight loss surgery so not supposed to have sugar, anyhow, I honestly can’t tell that I’ve halved the sugar, it’s still just as delicious. Thankyou so much for sharing your recipe xx

        Oh also, my partner gave a slice to a work colleague, and he’s asked me to make him one but without the fruit! So, do I just make it the same but leave the fruit out or do I need to increase something else?

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        • Wendy Finn says

          March 3, 2018 at 11:47 am

          I know someone who regularly reduces the sugar in recipes by a third as a matter of course so that’s interesting to know that it works in this recipe. Thank you. I’ve honestly never tried it without the fruit but I imagine it will still turn out the same. The fruit does add some sweetness though. Let me know how you get on.

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          • Mandy says

            March 3, 2018 at 12:11 pm

            Will do, thanks for your help xx

  6. Moira says

    May 24, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    How many syns is this cake

    Reply
    • Wendy Finn says

      May 24, 2018 at 8:41 pm

      I have no idea. This isn’t a Slimming World website it’s a kids cooking website.

      Reply
  7. Kalli J says

    October 2, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    Hi many thanks for sharing this recipe, it looks delicious and I’m sure my husband will enjoy tasting this, I don’t like fruit cake myself but I do enjoy baking and trying new recipes out on him.

    I feel sure that if people are so ‘hung-up’ on syns, diets etc., then they should read all the information you have kindly provided, instead of asking endless questions.

    I look forward to trying this cake out over the weekend and again many thanks for sharing.

    Kalli in the UK

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    • Wendy says

      October 3, 2018 at 7:23 am

      Hi Kalli, You are such a sweetie! Thank you so much for your supportive comments. I’m still baffled by all the syns and ‘this isn’t healthy’ comments; I’m guessing someone put the link on a slimming forum or something (I have no idea). I would never claim a cake was healthy! Although this one is good for the fibre 😀 I hope you give it a go, it’s a delicious and easy cake to make. All the best, Wendy (UK)

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  8. Amelia says

    November 9, 2018 at 11:47 pm

    Hi Wendy, I found your recipe on pintrest. There is a slimming world weetabix cake also, which is probably why you had all the questions about syns etc. Any way I have not tried either cake yet so can not comment on taste. Amelia

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    • Wendy says

      November 12, 2018 at 9:49 am

      Thank you, Amelia. That explains a few things 😀

      Reply
  9. Mary Collins says

    January 6, 2019 at 5:01 am

    Does self raising flour have baking soda or baking powder in it ?
    I don’t know where you are, but I’m in the U.S. and have only regular flour. Should I add
    Baking soda/ baking powder ? Thanks !!!

    Reply
    • Wendy says

      January 21, 2019 at 7:40 am

      Great question, Mary, thank you. Self-raising flour is all-purpose flour with baking powder added. So for one cup of all purpose I would add two level teaspoons of baking powder. I’ll update the recipe too as I don’t often use self raising nowadays either.

      Reply
  10. Lynn says

    March 21, 2019 at 8:55 pm

    Hello it says over for 50 mins. Is it 200*?

    Reply
    • Wendy says

      March 22, 2019 at 6:36 am

      Please see step 2.

      Reply
  11. Jacky Ormston says

    April 20, 2019 at 9:40 am

    Just made this and found it much too sweet. Should have read the comments about reducing the sugar which I will do next time.

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    • Wendy says

      April 20, 2019 at 3:09 pm

      It’s all a matter of taste and what we’re used to. If you’ve found this recipe through the many slimming sites it seems to be featured on then I can completely understand it would be too sweet for you. But at the end of the day it’s cake, with lots of fruit, it’s going to be sweet. I’m pleased you’d be happy to try it again with a tweak to the sweetness. Recipes should just be a starting point 😊

      Reply

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