recipe · 0 min · serves 4

Chocolate Coconut Squares

Ingredients

• 100g butter
• 100g white sugar
• 2 eggs egg
• 140g all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp milk
• 100g chocolate chips
• 25g butter
• 100g icing sugar
• 100g desiccated coconut

Method

1. step 1
2. 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.
3. step 2
4. 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.
5. step 3
6. 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.
7. step 4
8. 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.