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Slimming Weetabix Carrot Cake Recipe

Description

Healthy protein-rich Weetabix carrot cake is a fluffy cake studded with golden raisins and crunchy walnuts. a light dessert for weight loss and calorie counting plans.

Ingredients

Scale
  1. 75 g self-raising flour
  2. 25 g chocolate protein powder(can replace with white flour if not using)
  3. 2 Weetabix biscuits
  4. 2 eggs 
  5. 200 ml semi-skimmed milk
  6. 50g raisins
  7. 2 tbsp sweetener(on a lighter end)
  8. 1 medium carrot grated
  9. 1 tsp spice mix of ground cinnamon 
  10. 5 walnuts or cashew nuts(optional)

For frosting 

  1. 180g tub of low-fat cream cheese
  2. a pinch of sea-salt
  3. 1 tablespoon sweetener optional

Instructions

  1. Oven-prep Preheat your oven to 180°C/fan and line a 450g loaf tin or medium-sized round cake tin with non-stick baking paper.
  2. Cake Batter Take Weetabix biscuits in a bowl and pour milk over. Rest for 2 minutes as the biscuits get softer, Using a whisker break until the biscuits are mixed well into the milk.
  3. Crack 2 eggs into the mixture and beat well until the eggs are incorporated. 
  5. Add the flour, protein powder, sweetener and mix well into a not batter.
  6. Add raisins, grated carrot, spice powder and give it a good mix.
  8. Preparing cake tin Take a round cake tin and line it with parchment paper. Pour the batter into the tin and pat well so the batter gets evenly spread.
  9. Bake it at 180C in a pre-heated oven for 50-60 minutes by checking in between or a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
  10. Allow it to cool down on a wire rack.
  12. For the frosting, Take the low-fat  cream cheese( i used Philadephia lightest cream cheese) into a bowl and add little sea-salt or sweetener if you prefer along with some vanilla essence
  13. Whisk well to form a glossy cream frosting. Spread on the cake and top with some carrot shreds and walnuts or cashew nuts optionally.
  14. Allow to sit for 5 minutes, slice and dig in!

Notes

The cake will become flat after a few minutes of cooling down which is fine.

The inside texture and volume of the cake depending on how well the eggs are beaten.

Walnuts add a nice crunch to the top and are optional.

If you don’t have mixed spice, use cinnamon powder or powdered cloves.

You can replace the protein powder with white flour if not using it.

I added sweetener according to my taste, please feel free to add another tablespoon if you have a sweet tooth.

The frosting is optional, you can use protein-rich skyr or vanilla yoghurt for frosting.

The nutritional information is calculated without frosting.

I have shown the video without frosting so please follow the step-by-step instructions above recipe card.

  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: British

Keywords: cake, carrot,walnut,weetabix, slimming world

Find it online: https://www.fatrainbow.com/super-protein-rich-weetabix-carrot-cake/