Lamingtons

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2/3 cup margarine or 2/3 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 8 tablespoons boiling water
• desiccated coconut

Recipe

• 1 grease a 9 x 13 inch pan.
• 2 cream the butter and add sugar.
• 3 beat until fluffy.
• 4 add vanilla then add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• 5 alternately add the dry ingredients and milk.
• 6 spread in the pan and bake 35- 40 minutes at 350 f.
• 7 cool and remove from pan.
• 8 wrap in foil and refrigerate overnight for easier handling.
• 9 cut into serving sizes, which would be about 2 x 1 1/2-inches sift icing sugar and cocoa together.
• 10 stir in water.
• 11 roll cakes in the chocolate icing and then in the coconut.