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Chocolate Coconut Squares

Australian dessert from TheMealDB, the open recipe collection. Originally published by bbcgoodfood.com.

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Ingredients

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

Method

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.