Chocolate Coconut Squares

    Chocolate Coconut Squares

    • Australian
    • Dessert

    Ingredients

    1. 100g Butter
    2. 100g Caster Sugar
    3. 2 Egg
    4. 140g Self-raising Flour
    5. 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
    6. 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
    7. 2 tablespoons Milk
    8. 100g Plain Chocolate
    9. 25g Butter
    10. 100g Icing Sugar
    11. 100g Desiccated Coconut

    How to prepare

    step 1 Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 20cm square baking tin. Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy, then beat in the eggs. Add 1 tbsp of the flour if the mix starts to curdle. step 2 Sieve in the flour, baking powder and cocoa and fold in with a metal spoon. Stir in the milk. Scrape mix into the tin and level the top. Bake for 18-20 mins or until the cake springs back when pressed. Allow to cool in the tin. step 3 To make the icing, put the chocolate, butter and 4 tbsp water in a pan and gently heat until melted. Allow to cool slightly, then beat in the icing sugar. step 4 Remove cake from tin and peel away paper. Cut into 16 squares. Dip the squares into the icing, then roll in the coconut. Allow to set on cooling rack.