Carrot cake Weet-bix slice
Prep
10 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
30
Skill
Vegetarian
Prep
10 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
30
Skill
A wholesome Easter carrot cake twist on our favourite Weet-Bix slice!
Ingredients
- 5 Weet-Bix, crushed
- 1 1/2 cups white self-raising flour (195g)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup grated carrot (100 g)
- 1/3 cup walnuts, roughly chopped (50 g)
- 180 g margarine
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200 g)
- 1/4 cup orange juice, no added sugar
- Icing
- 125 g light cream cheese, room temp
- 1 tbs margarine, room temp (20 g)
- 1/4 cup icing sugar (30 g)
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1 – 3 tsp milk of choice, if needed
Nutrition per serving
774 kJ
energy kj
3 g
protein
3 g
saturated fat
1.2 g
dietary fibre
23 g
carbohydrate
13 g
sugars
169 mg
sodium
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C (355°F). Line base and two sides of a 20cm x 30cm slice tin witha strip of baking paper.
- Melt margarine in a small saucepan or heat-proof bowl. Whisk in sugar and orange juice.
- In a large bowl, stir together Weet-Bix, flour, cinnamon, salt, carrot, and walnuts. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until no streaks of flour remain.
- Transfer mixture to prepared tin, and smooth surface.
- Bake 20 - 25 mins,until puffed in the centre and golden on the edges. Cool in tin 20 mins, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
- To make icing:in a small bowl, stircream cheese and margarine until very smooth. Add icing sugar and zest. If needed, add milk 1 tsp at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Spread icing over cooled slice. Sprinkle with extra walnuts and orange zest.
Tips
Store extra slice in a sealed container in the fridge. Swap out white self-raising flour for wholemeal self-raising flour for some extra fibre
- 5 Weet-Bix, crushed
- 1 1/2 cups white self-raising flour (195g)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup grated carrot (100 g)
- 1/3 cup walnuts, roughly chopped (50 g)
- 180 g margarine
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200 g)
- 1/4 cup orange juice, no added sugar
- Icing
- 125 g light cream cheese, room temp
- 1 tbs margarine, room temp (20 g)
- 1/4 cup icing sugar (30 g)
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1 – 3 tsp milk of choice, if needed
Nutrition per serving
774 kJ
energy kj
3 g
protein
3 g
saturated fat
1.2 g
dietary fibre
23 g
carbohydrate
13 g
sugars
169 mg
sodium
- Preheat oven to 180°C (355°F). Line base and two sides of a 20cm x 30cm slice tin witha strip of baking paper.
- Melt margarine in a small saucepan or heat-proof bowl. Whisk in sugar and orange juice.
- In a large bowl, stir together Weet-Bix, flour, cinnamon, salt, carrot, and walnuts. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until no streaks of flour remain.
- Transfer mixture to prepared tin, and smooth surface.
- Bake 20 - 25 mins,until puffed in the centre and golden on the edges. Cool in tin 20 mins, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
- To make icing:in a small bowl, stircream cheese and margarine until very smooth. Add icing sugar and zest. If needed, add milk 1 tsp at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Spread icing over cooled slice. Sprinkle with extra walnuts and orange zest.
Tips
Store extra slice in a sealed container in the fridge. Swap out white self-raising flour for wholemeal self-raising flour for some extra fibre