Lamington Slice

Since tomorrow is Australia Day, I thought I'd make something in celebration of this great country. And what could be more Australian than the humble Lamington. This recipe is really easy and it pretty tasty, with it being a little different from the norm as it is presented as a slice, rather than a cake as such...

*Taken from a Donna Hay newspaper cutting*

Ingredients
125g unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup plain flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 cup shredded coconut
chocolate icing
3/4 cup icing sugar
2 tbs coco powder
1/3 cup boiling water
20g unsalted butter, melted

Method
Preheat oven to 180C.

To make the chocolate icing, place the icing sugar, cocoa, water and butter in a bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside.

Place the butter, sugar and vanilla into an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy. Gradually add the egg and beat well. Sift the flour and baking powder together over the butter mixture and mix until well combined. Stir in the milk. Spoon the mixture into lightly greased 20cm x 30cm slice tin lined with non-stick baking paper and bake for 20 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.

While still warm, cut the slice into squares and carefully pour over the chocolate icing. Top with shredded coconut.

Makes 18