Lamingtons

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

Ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 30 g butter
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 3 cups icing sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups desiccated coconut

Recipe

• 1 cake mix method:.
• 2 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 sift flour and salt.
• 5 add alternately with milk to mixture.
• 6 add vanilla.
• 7 blend well, but do not over beat.
• 8 add a little more milk if necessary, to form a soft dropping consistency.
• 9 spread evenly into a lamington tray (deep-ish slice tin).
• 10 bake at 180c for 25-35 minutes, or until cooked.
• 11 turn out and cool on cake rack.
• 12 cut into 30 squares.
• 13 dip each square into chocolate icing and roll in coconut.
• 14 chocolate icing method:.
• 15 melt butter in 1/4 cup boiling water.
• 16 sift icing sugar with cocoa.
• 17 add liquid, mixing well.
• 18 add vanilla essence.
• 19 the icing must be thin so that squares of cake can be readily coated.
• 20 add sufficient boiling water to form this consistency.