Chocolate Coconut Squares

Chocolate Coconut Squares

Ingredients:

  • Butter - 100g
  • Caster Sugar - 100g
  • Egg - 2
  • Self-raising Flour - 140g
  • Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon
  • Cocoa Powder - 2 tablespoons
  • Milk - 2 tablespoons
  • Plain Chocolate - 100g
  • Butter - 25g
  • Icing Sugar - 100g
  • Desiccated Coconut - 100g

Instructions:

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.