Chocolate Coconut Squares

Method8 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Heat the oven to180°C /160°C fan. Grease a20cm square tin with a little extra butter and line its base with baking paper.

   Uses A little extra butter to grease the tin

2. 2

   Step 2: Beat the cake butter and caster sugar (100g) until pale and creamy, then beat in both eggs (2). If the mixture starts to curdle, beat in one tablespoon from the measured140g self-raising flour; keep the rest for the next step.

   Uses 100 g softened butter for the cake · 100g Caster Sugar · 2 Egg · Up to1 tbsp from the measured140g flour, only if the egg mixture curdles

3. 3

   Step 3: Sift the remaining flour, baking powder (1 teaspoon) and cocoa (2 tablespoons) over the creamed mixture and fold in gently. Stir in all the milk (2 tablespoons) to make the cake batter.

   Uses All the creamed cake mixture · All remaining self-raising flour from the original140g total · 1 teaspoon Baking Powder · 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder · 2 tablespoons Milk

4. 4

   Step 4: Transfer the batter to the prepared tin and level the top. Bake for18–20minutes until the cake springs back when pressed.

   Bake chocolate cake · 20 minUses All cake batter

5. 5

   Step 5: Leave the cake in its tin until completely cool.

   Uses The whole baked cake

6. 6

   Step 6: Gently heat the plain chocolate (100g), icing butter (25 g) and four tablespoons of water in a saucepan until melted. Cool slightly, then beat in all the icing sugar (100g) until smooth.

   Uses 100g Plain Chocolate · 25 g butter for the chocolate icing · 4 tbsp water for the chocolate icing · 100g Icing Sugar

7. 7

   Step 7: Lift the cooled cake from its tin, remove the paper and cut it into sixteen squares.

   Uses The whole cooled cake

8. 8

   Step 8: Dip each square in the chocolate icing and roll it in the desiccated coconut (100g). Place on a cooling rack until the coating sets, then serve. Keep any unused dipping icing or coconut separately.

   Uses All sixteen cake squares · The prepared chocolate icing · 100g Desiccated Coconut