Chocolate coconut slice

Moving house is not fun.  In fact I read somewhere that it’s the third most stressful thing you can do, after death and divorce.  Yep, that sounds about right.  But I knew there was a light at the end of the tunnel of boxes when my pantry was unpacked and the recipe books were settled on the bookcase. 

So it’s time to get my cooking mojo on in the new kitchen!

Everyone seems to love this simple slice and I’m always asked for the recipe.  Which doesn’t surprise me considering I asked my friend Jodie for the recipe the first time I tasted it!

 

Chocolate coconut slice

Preparation time: barely 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup coconut
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 Tbs cocoa powder
125g butter, melted

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.  Grease and line a small slice tray with baking paper.  Mix all ingredients until well combined.  Press into slice tray and bake for 25 minutes.  Cover with chocolate icing while still hot and sprinkle with coconut.  Allow to cool before serving.

 

Chocolate icing

300g icing sugar
20g cocoa powder
3 tsp butter, softened
2 Tbs milk (or more if needed)

Combine all ingredients and add additional milk until the icing is smooth in consistency and easy to spread.