Little Lamingtons for Adults

• 125 g soft butter, chopped
• 165 g caster sugar (3/4 cup)
• 12 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 185 g plain flour (11/4 cups)
• 2 12 teaspoons baking powder
• 14 cup milk
• 250 g flaked coconut
• 500 g icing sugar, sifted (3 1/4 cups)
• 50 g Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 40 g soft butter
• 12 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 20 ml cognac
• 140 ml boiling water

1. Pre-heat oven to 190C.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, castor sugar and vanilla until light and creamy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
4. Stir in combined sifted flour and baking powder alternately with milk and stir until smooth.
5. Spoon mixture into a greased and base-lined, square, 23cm cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
6. Stand in tin for 10 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool.
7. Wrap in clingwrap and store for 1 day.
8. For icing, combine all ingredients with boiling water and mix until smooth.
9. Cut cake into approximately 3cm squares and dip each one briefly into icing, then into coconut.
10. Place lamingtons on a wire rack for 1-2 hours or until dry.

butter, caster sugar, vanilla, eggs, flour, baking powder, milk, flaked coconut, dutch, butter, vanilla, cognac, boiling water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/little-lamingtons-for-adults-110169 (may not work)