Weetabix cake
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This is a great one for the kids to help with as they love crushing the Weetabix...
- Prep Time 10 mins
- Cook Time 1 hr 15 mins
- Serves 6
- Difficulty Level Medium
Preparation
- Total Time 1 hr 25 mins
- Preparation Time 10 mins
- Cooking Time 1 hr 15 mins
- 300g self-raising flour
- 225g sugar
- 200g dried mixed fruit
- 2 Weetabix, crushed
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 275ml milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- Measure out all the dried ingredients into a large bowl
- Pour in the milk and egg and mix well (the mixture will look like a lumpy batter)
- Pour the mixture into a greased and lined loaf tin
- Bake at 130'C/Gas mark 3 for around 1hr 15 minutes, until it is firm to touch, golden brown and a skewer or knife comes out clean
- Once cooked, turn out of the tin onto a wire rack and remove the greaseproof paper
- Cut into slices when cool
You will need
Mixing bowl – This one is made from 100% stainless steel, can be multi-used and is easy to clean. See more details here at Amazon.
Loaf tin – This extremely durable and non-stick one will take the fuss out of baking! See more details at Amazon.
Wire rack – a must for letting your baking cool down – see more details here at Amazon.
Tips
This recipe has hardly any fat at all, and plenty of fibre. Slices of this loaf are delicious toasted and spread with butter.
Kids love helping crush the Weetabix, but it can lead to lots of mess! To avoid this, pop the Weetabix into a freezer bag, squeeze out as much air as you can, and seal it up. Then hand it to your little one and let them have fun bashing and squishing it to break up the Weetabix. Older kids can also help with weighing and measuring the other ingredients, and stirring it all together, making this a perfect bake for rainy family weekends.
If you're following Slimming World, or just want to cut the calorie content even further, you can always swap the sugar for a sweetener like stevia or xylitol. There's already plenty of sweetness in the dried fruit, so this still tastes totally yummy with sweetener instead of sugar. You can also opt for a lower-fat spread on the toasted slices of cake.
Storage tips
Your Weetabix cake will keep in an airtight container for up to a week. You can also freeze it; we suggest freezing individual thin slices in separate freezer bags; then you can just pop a slice in the toaster straight from the freezer when you want a quick snack.
Variations
- This loaf would work well with any mixture of dried fruit, such as raisins, sultanas, dried apricots, glace cherries ... chop the fruit up if it's in large pieces. It tastes great with banana, too!
- Instead of Weetabix, you could also try making this cake with shredded wheat, or any other similar breakfast cereal; just check the sugar content if you're on a slimming kick.
- Want to get decadent? Why not make this with chocolate Weetabix instead? You could also melt a little dark chocolate (in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water), and drizzle it over the top of the finished cake.
- Weetabix is vegan, so if you want to make a plant-based version, just swap the milk for oat or almond milk, and the egg for 3 tablespoons of aquafaba.
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Reviews
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 7 ratingsRate this recipe
Melanie B(552)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Thank you so much for posting this recipe! I used to make this when I was following SW, but then I lost the recipe! It’s so yummy! I glad I can finally start making it again!
Wendy D(4)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Been making this since my children were tiny - they still love it.
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Yummy, and so easy to make. My kind of recipe! My son loved helping. Great to do with children!
Janet C(72)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Made this cake with my 3 year old daughter - she loved making a great mess squeezing the weetabix everywhere! Really simple to make and tastes delicious - reminds me of malt loaf a little bit. Lovely with a cup of tea or just on it's own. Will definitely be making this again
Versha M
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4
What a delicious cake! It was so easy to make and great fun to make with children. It is absolutely perfect with a cup of tea on a cold day. Wonderful!
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Children love this with all the dried fruit, and it's a handy way to use up the bits we end up with at the bottom of our weetabix box!
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Yum! My gran would make this with me as a child. So simple to bake with the kids, and tastes so good!
Guest
Hi Sapna - mixed spice is available to buy with all the other spices in the supermarket, I think it's a blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and maybe cloves. Lovely sprinkled on toast with real butter too!
Guest
Mixed spice?
Guest
just making this now with my daughter and the mix smells yummy its not even in the oven yet... cant wait for a slice later with a brew...
Joanne H(321)
Made this today with DS lots of weetabix ended up on the floor! Really tasty warm out of the oven with some butter.
Guest
Going to make with my boys it sound's yum : )
Heidi B(229)
Just made this lovel healthy snack, needed to bake a little longer but we all love it, including our 17 month old. Don't think it will last long. Used chocolate weetabix. Yum yum!
Guest
well its in the oven as i type , thanks again for this recipe my oh and his mates in work are going to love this with a brew , this time i have split it between two very small load tins and intend to freeze one :-)
Guest
I have tried to make this cake 3 times and still no success with it. I find it very stodgy in general.
Guest
Try this with the choc weetabix its great
Guest
Cooked this morning with 2 year old girls who loved crushing the weetabix and helping to mix it all together. We added apricots as well as raisins and it is delicious!!
Guest
very easy to make with my 3 yr old son, very tasty (not much left and was only done this afternoon). I needed to bake for longer, thanks Sarah for the recipe it will be one of our favourites now.
Guest
Tried and tested and loved by all that tried it x
tanya p(67)
I remember this cake from my childhood,my mum use to make this from a slimming world receipe,if you omit the dried fruit,use sweetener instead of sugar and use skimmed milk,you can reduced the calorie content.
Guest
loved it loved it..
Guest
My kids love it at any time of the day, and even more so topped with custard.....
Guest
Just made this recipe for the for the first time today it's in the oven as we speak, and it's smelling very yummy hope it tastes just as good :-)
Guest
Easy to make and turned out lovely. Used half dried cranberries/half raisins and soaked the Weetabix in some milk first before crushing with a fork. The recipes are so easy to find and use here, I always have a look if I feel like baking or cooking something different :)
Guest
hi, i just made this but i just thrown all the ingredients in...tated like bread pudding..!! lovely!!i used canderel sweetner instead of sugar tasted great!!
Guest
Just about to make this cake and just wanted to double check the oven temperature is 130C
Alison W(601)
I made this a couple of days ago using bananas as someone suggested in an earlier post. It was so yummy! Everybody who tried it said it was really nice and my 16 month old daughter loved it too. I'm not a good cook but this was so easy and quick to do, I'll definitely be making it again! Thanks so much for sharing. x
Guest
i made this cake yesterday,how easy,delish and cheap,it's fool proof.infact we loved it so much it's almost gone so today i'm making another one but i'm going to use 50g each of raison's ,dates,dreid apricots an walnuts.Thanks to the lady for sharing her variations,i'm also going to try the apple and cinnamon verion which sounds yummy.I highly recommend this recipe to everyone .
Guest
made this great tasting and my 3 year old grandson help nice with butter or marg
Guest
wow made this yesterday with my daughter,very easy to make and really scrummy! oh was bit wary when i said it was weetabix but he loved it.will def make again
Guest
Tried this recipe for the second time today (made it the first time about a month ago) and seriously its so easy, I do love a good old 'bung it all in' recipe like this! My 2.5 year old really enjoyed helping me measure it all out and crushing the weetabix. Oh, and of course it tastes lush!!
Guest
Ive done this recipe loads of times ..... but just found an even yummier version.... i was baking and decided to to the weeabix cake but had no plain weetabix..... so tried the chocolate version..... I suggest you try this its great
Guest
Made this today and it was delicious, I couldnt believe it was so easy because I am a rubbish cook lol
Guest
just done this with choc weetabix mmmmmm
Georgina P(2)
Im making this today with my little girls....we dont have loaf tins so going to use bun cases!!!! Hope it turns out ok!!! Slimming world do this recipe, with sweetners though lol
Guest
I'm baking two right now!
Guest
Have been making this recipe for a number of years since it was posted on the MSE website. A couple of variations I use is Apple and Cinnamon loaf where I add a couple of grated apples, and replace the spice with cinnamon. Also banana bread where I add 1 or 2 mashed ripe bananas and replace the spice with cinnamon and ginger. I have occasionally forgotten to add the weetabix and it still comes out fine. Also good to use up all the odd bits of sugar and fruit you end up with at Christmas. Yummy, yummy and I also freeze it in slices for lunch boxes.
Guest
I made this cake yesterday with my 2 year old, it was great fun and very easy. I made it using sultanas and brown sugar. I had no mixed spice, so I added a drop of vanilla essence instead. It is very yummy and the whole family loved it even my 1 year old. I will definately be making it again and will try it with the mixed spice.
Valerie G(38)
made this for first time today, didn't have enough raisins so added some chopped glace cherries as well. Tastes delicious, will definitely be making again.
Wendy D(4)
My 5 year old and 3 year old love making and eating this cake. It is simple, clear instructions and really tasty too. Brilliant recipe, thanks!
Guest
This cake is really yummy. I've made it with my 3 year old daughter, who did all the work, and we are due to make it again - right now - because it's sooooooo yummy!
Guest
We loved this cake! My 3 year old made it, all I was allowed to do was weigh out ingredients(with her supervision)and put it in the oven! Really tasty, will definately be making again!!
Guest
Hi i'm completely new to site today - i've just made this cake and i'm soooo impressed a fat free cake that tastes good! My seven year old loves it was si easy to make. I used dried mixed fruit and divided the mixture between two sandwhich tins and it turned out lovely! My son has asked for it in his packed lunch on monday!
Guest
OMG!!! Excellent - had this recipe when i was a child in a rotary/round table book that was made locally - been looking for it for years to make for my kids as we loved it!!!! THANK U SO MUCH - hope its the same!!
Guest
i made the five cup loaf from the netmums recipe book so simple but delicious!!!!!!
Guest
Sounds great but before i make it i wondered if it is ok to freeze? Let me know, kelly,x Ill prob make it anyway though given the great comments... hehehe
Guest
made this today with soft brown sugar. mmmmmm absolutley delicious . looking forward to my ds trying it i know hes gonna love it. really easy to make too.:-)
Guest
made this cake follwing the recipe delicious!!!!! Made again today using brown sugar and swapping raisins (my kids not keen on) for banana and made in bun cases delicious too!!!!
Guest
I have been making this for years,my kids always loved it,they are all grown up now ,I think it resembles malt loaf, it's lovely..
Guest
made this cake it was really nice but felt it needed a kick !! i put some lemon icing on top ,i think it went well.
Helen R(61)
This is a brilliant recipe and especially easy to make with children my daughter loves making it and eating it and it is also nice when it is warm with butter on yummmmmmmmm!!!!!
Guest
omg ive been looking for this receipe for years i used to make something like this when i was a kid cant wait to try it out thanks
Guest
YUMMY YUMMY!!!
Guest
Made this today and have just had a slice with a cup of tea. Absolutely bosting!!! Wasn't too sure about weetabix in a cake, but it's fantastic!! Will definitely be trying this again!! Thanks!!
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