Lucy's Lamingtons

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 6 eggs
• 2/3 cup caster sugar
• 1/3 cup cornflour
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/3 cup self-raising flour
• 2 cups coconut, approximately
• 4 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 15 g butter, melted
• 2/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 grease 23cm square slab pan.
• 2 beat eggs in medium bowl with electric mixer about 10 minutes, or until thick and creamy.
• 3 gradually beat in sugar, dissolving between batches.
• 4 fold in triple-sifted flours.
• 5 spread mixture into prepared pan.
• 6 bake in moderate oven about 30 minutes.
• 7 turn onto wire rack to cool.
• 8 (this cake is easy to handle if it is a litle stale, day old cake is ideal).
• 9 cut cake into 16 squares.
• 10 dip squares into icing, drain off excess icing.
• 11 toss squares in coconut and cover.
• 12 place on wire rack to set.
• 13 icing:.
• 14 sift icing sugar and cocoa into heatproof bowl.
• 15 stir in butter and milk.
• 16 stir over pan of simmering water until icing in of coating consistency.
• 17 store in airtight container, can freeze but do not microwave.