Ginger & Lemon Slice

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup gluten-free self-raising flour
• 2 teaspoons powdered ginger
• 100 g caster sugar, finely ground sugar (1/2 cup)
• 25 g desiccated coconut (1/2 cup)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 60 g butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon either golden syrup or 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 cup icing sugar, use gluten-free if required (confectioners sugar)
• 30 g butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon hot water

Recipe

• 1 ***slice base***.
• 2 preheat oven to 160°c.
• 3 combine flour, ginger, sugar and coconut.
• 4 mix together melted butter and syrup. then add to the dry mix. add lightly beaten egg.
• 5 press into a well greased lamington tin or 20cm square pan(or equivelant).
• 6 bake 25-30 minutes. less cooking time gives a light cakey slice base and more cooking time gives a crisp biscuity (cookie style base.
• 7 ***icing***.
• 8 sift the icing sugar.
• 9 combine all remaining ingredients in another bowl.stir all together until smooth and spread over the cooled slice base.