The Psychadelic Lamingtons

I decided early on today to try and make lamingtons, however it was the usual story when I went to the cupboard to check for all the ingredients and I was missing about 1 cup of the required 2 cups of coconut. When I got to the shops I discovered bright blue and pink coloured coconut(see previous post about this product) and thought I would use these to be a little different.

Recipe:

Lamingtons

Ingredients:

6 eggs

2/3 cups of caster sugar

1/3 cup cornflour

1/2 cup plain flour

1/3 cup self raising flour

2 cups dessiccated coconut ( or 1 cup of pink and one cup of blue)

Chocolate Icing:

4 cups icing sugar

1/2 cup cocoa powder

15g butter melted

1 cup milk

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 160 degree celsius. Grease a 20cm by 30cm lamington tray  and line with baking paper.

2. Beat eggs in a large bowl with electric beaters for about 10 minutes or until thick and creamy, gradually add sugar, beating until dissolved between additions.

3. Triple sift the dry ingredients and then fold into the egg mixture.

4. Spread mixture into the pan, bake for 35 minutes.

5. Make the chocolate icing by mixing all the icing ingredients together in a bowl. Place the coconut into a medium bowl  (if using two different colours leave each colour seperate).

6. Turn the cake immediately out of the pan onto baking paper covered wire rack to cool.

7. Cut the cake into even squares. Dip each piece of cake into the icing and drain off the excess and then roll in the coconut. Place lamingtons on a wire rack to set.