Chocolate lamingtons

These tasty little bites of sponge, covered in chocolate and coconut are a great treat with a morning coffee or an afternoon pick-me-up

Chocolate lamingtons

Course Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 225 g self-raising flour
  • 50 g cornflour
  • 240 g margarine
  • 220 g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 300 m semi-skimmed milk

Icing

  • 650 g icing sugar
  • 40 g cocoa powder
  • 270 g desiccated coconut
  • 60 g margarine

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180°c / gas 4.
  • Line a 12" x 8" rectangular tin with baking paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, cornflour, margarine, caster sugar, vanilla extract, eggs and 125 ml of milk in a bowl. With an electric whisk, mix until smooth.
  • Pour the batter into a tin and bake for 34-40mins or until the skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.
  • Cut the cake into bite size squares and place in the fridge for 30mins.

To make the icing

  • Sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl.
  • Put the margarine and milk in a small saucepan and cook over a low heat for 5mins or until the margarine has melted. Pour over the cocoa mixture and stir until smooth.
  • Put the coconut in a bowl.
  • Using a fork, dip a cube of cake in the icing, then roll in the coconut to coat all over.
  • Place on a wire rack to set. Repeat with the remaining cubes of cake until all are coated.