Chocolate Coconut Squares

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Butter
100g Butter
Caster Sugar
100g Caster Sugar
Egg
2 Egg
Self-raising Flour
140g Self-raising Flour
Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
Cocoa Powder
2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
Milk
2 tablespoons Milk
Plain Chocolate
100g Plain Chocolate
Butter
25g Butter
Icing Sugar
100g Icing Sugar
Desiccated Coconut
100g Desiccated Coconut


Instructions

step 1 Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
Butter and line the base of a 20cm square baking tin.
Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy, then beat in the eggs.
Add 1 tbsp of the flour if the mix starts to curdle.
step 2 Sieve in the flour, baking powder and cocoa and fold in with a metal spoon.
Stir in the milk.
Scrape mix into the tin and level the top.
Bake for 18-20 mins or until the cake springs back when pressed.
Allow to cool in the tin.
step 3 To make the icing, put the chocolate, butter and 4 tbsp water in a pan and gently heat until melted.
Allow to cool slightly, then beat in the icing sugar.
step 4 Remove cake from tin and peel away paper.
Cut into 16 squares.
Dip the squares into the icing, then roll in the coconut.
Allow to set on cooling rack.



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