Chocolate Coconut Squares

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AustralianDessert

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Ingredients

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Butter — 100 g

Caster Sugar — 100 g

Egg — 2

Self-raising Flour — 140 g

Baking Powder — 1 tsp

Cocoa Powder — 2 tbsp

Milk — 2 tbsp

Plain Chocolate — 100 g

Butter — 25 g

Icing Sugar — 100 g

Desiccated Coconut — 100 g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 20cm square baking tin. Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy, then beat in the eggs. Add 1 tbsp of the flour if the mix starts to curdle.

step 2

Sieve in the flour, baking powder and cocoa and fold in with a metal spoon. Stir in the milk. Scrape mix into the tin and level the top. Bake for 18-20 mins or until the cake springs back when pressed. Allow to cool in the tin.

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Unknown · Jun 21, 2026 · current