Aunty Mel's Chocolate Slice

I mentioned this slice last week. Seeing as I'm away today, I thought I'd schedule this post so you can try this delicious recipe.

Base

110g butter

110g sugar

1 tablespoon golden syrup (20ml) Probably any syrup will do if you don't have golden syrup.

1 cup* SR flour (Self Raising flour - an Australian phenomenon. If you don't have this, you add 1 teaspoon of baking powder to ordinary cake flour). Don't forget to use a 250ml Australian cup.

1 cup fine coconut

Cream butter with sugar. Add golden syrup. Add flour and coconut. Mix thoroughtly and press into a greased 23cm square tin. Bake in moderate over (about 160 degrees Celcius) for 15 minutes.

Topping

30g butter

1/2 cup condensed milk (125ml)

3/4 cup fine coconut

3/4 cup icing sugar

2 level dessertspoons cocoa

Melt butter with condensed milk (not boil) in a saucepan, stirring constantly. Add coconut, icing sugar and cocoa, mix well and spread over HOT** cooked slice. Cut when cold. 

Enjoy! Make sure you try a piece yourself before you give it to the kids otherwise you might miss out.

* An Australian cup is 250ml.

**It is very important that you ice it straight out of the oven.