Malva Lamingtons

Time: 1 hour + setting
Makes: 16


Ingredients:

• 180 ml sugar
• 2 eggs
• 15 ml soft butter
• 60 ml apricot jam
• 5 ml vinegar
• 180 ml milk
• 250 ml cake flour
• 5 ml bicarbonate of soda
• 3 ml salt
• 500 ml desiccated coconut

For the chocolate sauce:

• 500 ml icing sugar
• 60 ml cocoa powder
• 80 ml warm milk + extra

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 22 cm square tin with baking paper. Beat together the sugar, eggs, butter and jam until light and fluffy. Stir in the vinegar and milk. Sift over the flour, bicarb and salt and fold in.
2. Pour batter into the prepared tin and bake for about 30 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool to room temperature. cut into 16 squares.
3. For the sauce, combine all the ingredients. Add a little extra milk if it's to thick to dip.
4. Working with one square at a time, dip into the chocolate sauce, shake off the excess, then coat in the coconut. Leave to set.

Credit: Your family