Chocolate Pecan Slice
- 1 cup plain flour
- 12 cup self-raising flour
- 14 cup cocoa
- 12 cup pecans, roughly chopped
- 250 g dark chocolate, chopped
- 125 g butter
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 13 cup sour cream
- icing
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 14 cup cocoa
- 30 g butter
- 1 -2 tablespoon hot water
- Note that all ingredients after the word ICING are for the icing only.
- Preheat the over to 180 degrees Celcius.
- Grease and line the bottom of a rectangular 18cm by 28cm sponge tin.
- In a glass bowl over a pan of water, melt the dark chocolate with the butter.
- When melted, remove from heat, and stir in sugar and sour cream.
- Add eggs.
- Combine the flours and cocoa in a separate bowl, then add to melted chocolate mixture.
- Stir until just combined, then pour into tin.
- Spread evenly.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Cool in tin.
- When cool, prepare the icing.
- Blend the butter with the icing sugar using a spoon.
- Add the cocoa powder.
- Add enough hot water to make a stiff paste.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
flour, flour, cocoa, pecans, dark chocolate, butter, caster sugar, eggs, sour cream, icing, icing sugar, cocoa, butter, water
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-pecan-slice-80977 (may not work)