Chocolate Coconut Squares

Name: Chocolate Coconut Squares
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 44 min
Total time: 64 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 125 g Butter; 100 g Caster Sugar; 2 Egg; 140 g Self-raising Flour; 1 teaspoon Baking Powder; 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder; 2 tablespoons Milk; 100 g Plain Chocolate; 100 g Icing Sugar; 100 g Desiccated Coconut

64 min · Serves 4 · By TheMealDB Import

Australian
Dessert

Australian, Dessert

Adapted from bbcgoodfood.com

Ingredients

For 4 servings

125 gButter
100 gCaster Sugar
2 Egg
140 gSelf-raising Flour
1 teaspoonBaking Powder
2 tablespoonsCocoa Powder
2 tablespoonsMilk
100 gPlain Chocolate
100 gIcing Sugar
100 gDesiccated Coconut

Method

Prep 20 min · Cook 44 min

1Heat 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.
2Sieve 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.
3To 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.
4Remove 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.