Healthy Cake...?

Healthy cake I hear you ask...surely that can't be right?! Well it kind of is! The cake in questions is known in the Appleby household as Slimmers Loaf and is a fruit tea loaf. 

It is made with weetabix so is full of fibre, there is no fat in it because there is no butter added, the binding element is skimmed milk, and then it is full of dried fruit! So, you can indeed eat cake and not feel too guilty!

The Ingredients:

 Wheetabix (as you can see it doesn’t have to be the actual brand!), dark brown sugar, cranberries (or if you prefer mixed dried fruit, or simply raisins, or sultanas etc.), self-raising flour, and milk.

There are no weights but rather I use a mug to measure everything – it doesn’t really matter what size mug but as long as it is the same one for all the ingredients its fine.

Crumble the weetabix into the mug, all the way to the top and then tip into a bowl. Then half-fill the mug with the sugar and add that to the weetabix.

 Next measure out the cranberries (a full mug) and add to the other dry ingredients in the bowl.

 Next add a mug of flour and then a mug of milk.

 Then stir it all together. I realise it doesn't look that appealing at this stage but once it is cooked it tastes lovely!

 Tip the mixture into a loaf tin and bake for an hour.

 And this is the end result!

  It can either be eaten plain or spread with a bit of butter, and is beautifully sticky and fruity! 

I hope you enjoyed this post and I would definitely recommend you try making it (I will add the recipe to the page as soon as possible).

There are several more food posts to come, and then (fingers crossed) some very exciting news next week! Keep reading!

Kate 

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