Lamingtons (06.11.08)

Cakes and Biscuits

Ingredients:

4 eggs

500ml (2 cups) sugar

250ml (1 cup) water

187.5ml (¾ cup) milk

625ml (2½ cups) cake flour

20ml (4 tsps) baking powder

125ml (½ cup) oil

A pinch of salt

Syrup

500mll (2 cups) icing sugar

125ml (½ cup) milk water

30g butter

60ml (¼ cup) cocoa

5ml (1ts) vanilla essence

500ml (2 cups) desiccated coconut

Method

Whisk eggs and sugar till tight.

Add oil and milk and water.

Stift in flour and baking powder and fold into batter.

Pour batter into well-greased square baking tin.

Bake at 180* for 20 minutes.

Turn out and allow to cool.

Cut into squares.

To make the syrup, dissolve sugar in water over low heat.

Add butter, cocoa and vanilla essence to bring to the boil.

Remove from stove, allow to cool.

Dip square in syrup, coating well on all sides.

Roll in coconut until liberally covered.

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