This is a slice I like to do when I need to bring a shared plate for an event. I usually have the ingredients in the pantry and it is quick and easy. The recipe I am sharing with you is a double batch, so feel free to half it.

INGREDIENTS:

2 Cups Flour

2 Tsp Baking Powder

4 Tbspn Cocoa

1 1/2 Cups Sugar

1 Cup Coconut

6 Crushed Wheat Biscuits (In New Zealand we use Weet-bix)

250g Butter (5 Ounces)

1 Tsp Vanilla Essence

Pre-heat oven to 180 C / 350F

Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa together.

Add the rest of the dry ingredients, and mix well.

Melt butter and add vanilla essence, then pour into dry ingredients and mix well.

Press into flat greased tin and bake for 20 minutes.

Ice while hot with chocolate icing. The crumbs from the slice stick to the icing spoon, but don’t stress as it doesn’t show up like it does when you ice a cake. This is because the heat from the slice keeps the icing nice and liquidy (I don’t think that is a word?!)

Notice how my icing isn’t perfectly smooth?

Once you sprinkle the coconut on, you can hardly see the wee bumps here and there. Gotta love a quick and easy recipe like this one!

Cut once it has cooled.