Lamingtons

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 (85 g) packet raspberry jell-o gelatin
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 6 tablespoons boiling water
• 350 g icing sugar
• 3 drops vanilla essence
• 500 g unfilled rectangular sponge cakes
• 1 1/2 cups desiccated coconut (thread coconut can be used)
• whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 ----red----.
• 2 prepare jelly according to packet instructions.
• 3 cover and leave to cool for 1 hour (approx) you will need to use it before it turns to jelly.
• 4 ----chocolate----.
• 5 melt butter, add cocoa dissolved in boiling water.
• 6 mix in sifted icing sugar, add vanilla, and beat well.
• 7 -----cake--------.
• 8 cut sponge in to smallish squares.
• 9 place coconut into shallow bowl.
• 10 dip half of the sponge squares in the chocolate icing turning to coat evenly on all sides.
• 11 dip immediately into coconut covering all sides.
• 12 dip the remaining squares in the red jelly and cover with the coconut.
• 13 leave to dry on cake rack then store in air tight container for up to 2 days.
• 14 to serve, split and fill with whipped cream.