Lamingtons

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 125 g butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup milk (approx)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1/2-2 tablespoon cocoa
• boiling water
• vanilla
• coconut

Recipe

• 1 grease lamington tin.
• 2 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
• 3 sift flour and salt, add alternately with milk to mixture.
• 4 add vanilla.
• 5 blend well, but do not over beat.
• 6 add a little more milk if necessary to form a softy dropping consistency.
• 7 spread evenly into prepared tray, bake in a moderate oven 180 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes or until cooked.
• 8 turn out and cool on a wire rack.
• 9 to make icing sift icing sugar in a bowl.
• 10 blend cocoa with a little boiling water and work into icing sugar adding more water if necessary then add vanilla.
• 11 when cake is cold cut into square of uniform size.
• 12 dip each cake in icing then roll in coconut.
• 13 set aside to become firm.
• 14 repeat for remaining squares.