Chocolate Slice

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain flour
• 2 cups desiccated coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 370 g butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• icing
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 60 g butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons hot water

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180 degrees c or 165 degrees for a fan forced oven.
• 2 grease and line a lamington tray with baking paper, i usually spray the pan with cooking spray and place a strip of baking paper across the middle section so that i can lift the slice out of the tin to cut it.this way your tin will not be damaged by the knife when you cut the slice.
• 3 sift the flour and cocoa into a mixing bowl. add the coconut and the sugar and mix to combine.
• 4 to the melted butter add the vanilla and then add this to the dry ingredients and mix well.
• 5 place the mixture into the slice tin and spread out evenly, bake in the oven for 20 mins and then cool.
• 6 to make the icing sift the icing sugar and the cocoa into a bowl and add the water and butter and mix well.
• 7 spread the icing over the top of the slice and cool in the fridge for an hour before slicing.
• 8 to remove the slice from the tin,gently lift the baking paper at the sides and the slice will lift out easily. place the slice on a cutting board and cut into squares.
• 9 this slice can be kept in an airtight container for up to a week and can also be frozen for up to a month.