Little Lamingtons

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 45
• 125 g soft butter, chopped
• 165 g caster sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 185 g plain flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup milk
• 40 g soft butter
• 500 g icing sugar, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 50 g dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 20 ml cognac
• 140 ml boiling water
• 250 g desiccated coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 190°c.
• 2 using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and creamy.
• 3 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. stir in combined sifted flour and baking powder alternating with milk and stir until smooth.
• 4 spoon mixture into a greased and lined square 23cm cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
• 5 stand in tin for 10 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool. wrap in plastic wrap and store for 1 day.
• 6 for the icing.
• 7 combine all ingredients with 140ml boiling water and mix until smooth.
• 8 cut cake into approximately 3cm squares and dip each one into icing, then into coconut.
• 9 place lamingtons on a wire rack for 1-2 hours or until dry.
• 10 makes about 45.