Chocolate Mint Slice

• 60 g butter, softened
• 14 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 12 tablespoons caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 0.75 (110 g) self-raising flour
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups powdered sugar icing
• 1 -2 tablespoon boiling water or 1 -2 tablespoon hot milk
• 30 g butter, softened
• 3 drops peppermint extract (to taste)
• 150 g dark chocolate, melted
• 12 teaspoon vegetable oil

1. Preheat oven to 200C or 180C fan-forced.
2. Grease a 22cm springform cake tin.
3. Beat butter and sugars together until pale and fluffy.
4. Stir in milk, flour, cocoa powder and salt.
5. Lightly grease hands and press mixture into base of prepared tin.
6. Bake in preheated oven 12 minutes or until firm to touch.
7. Remove from oven and cool in tin.
8. Make the peppermint centre: using a wooden spoon beat the icing sugar with the water and butter until desired consistency is reached.
9. Add peppermint essence to taste.
10. Spread over cooled biscuit base and refrigerate until set.
11. Meanwhile melt chocolate and stir in vegetable oil; spread thinly over peppermint layer using a palette knife.
12. Refrigerate until set.
13. Cut into thin wedges or squares to serve.

butter, brown sugar, caster sugar, milk, flour, cocoa powder, salt, powdered sugar icing, boiling water, butter, peppermint, dark chocolate, vegetable oil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-mint-slice-146650 (may not work)