Lamingtons
- 4-3/8 oz. butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 1/3 cup coca
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups desiccated coconut
- Grease, flour and paper line the base of a baking tray.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift flour and salt.
- Add alternatively with milk to mixture.
- Add vanilla.
- Blend well, but do not over-beat.
- Add a little more milk if necessary to form a soft dropping consistency.
- Bake at 350F for 25 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Turn out and cool on a cake rack.
- Cut into 30 squares.
- Dip each square in chocolate icing (*) and roll in coconut.
- To make icing, melt butter in 1/4 cup boiling water.
- Sift icing sugar with cocoa and add liquid, mixing well.
- Add vanilla.
- The icing must be thin so that squares of cake can be readily coated.
- Add sufficient boiling water to form this consistency.
- Dip each square in icing then roll in coconut and leave to dry on a wire cake rack.
butter, sugar, eggs, flour, salt, milk, vanilla, boiling water, icing sugar, coca, vanilla, coconut
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/18440 (may not work)