Firstly I apologise PROFUSELY for the terrible photo here. I took this quick snap with my mobile phone and it’s just as well I did because the entire loaf was gone within a few hours! Fruit loaf or cake is not something I make with great regularity because I have it in my head that Bob doesn’t like it but he tells me that Mr Kipling’s Country Slice is his favourite so clearly I just don’t know my husband’s likes and dislikes well enough!

This was super quick to throw together and is a lovely, moist cake. I’m actually surprised how moist it is because of how little milk goes into it – I’m so used to chipping cold solidified weetabix from my plates/table/windows/cats that I expected this to need a lot more liquid when in fact it was spot on.

You will need:
Two weetabix (or own-brand variations. I actually used Sainsbury’s cheapy version)
150g sugar (granulated will be fine if you have no caster, brown sugar will give depth to the flavour)
150g raisins
200g self raising flour
250ml milk

Preheat your oven to 180C/Gas 4 then grease & line a loaf tin (I used a 2lb tin). Crush the weetabix between your hands to make crumbs then add in the sieved flour, sugar and raisins. Give it a little stir to mix it together then add the milk and mix well until it’s all combined and there’s no dry flour around the bowl. Spoon it into your tin and bake for an hour until the top is golden brown.

Let it cool for ten minutes after removing from the oven then turn out to a wire rack.

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