Coconut and Chocolate Squares
My daughter has been staying for a few days and wanted to do some baking. She wanted to make something retro! This recipe was a great family favourite, which happily Mum had written down in her notebook. There's a nice chewy coconut layer on a chocolate biscuit base, so not sure if it's a biscuit or a cake. Either way it's good. It's also simple to make - a bonus for my daughter! Preheat oven 190C/gas5 and grease and base line a 20cm square cake tin. Crush 225g of dark chocolate digestive biscuits in a bag using a rolling pin - or put them in a processor an whizz. Melt 75g of butter in a pan and stir in the crumbs till they're all combined. Press this mixture into the base of your tin. Beat a 170g tin of evaporated milk with 1 egg, 1 tspn vanilla extract and 25g caster sugar till smooth. Add 50g sr flour and 125g dessicated coconut and mix well. Pour this over the biscuit layer in the tin and level top. Bake for 30 mins till the top is firm and starting ...