Name: Isaac's chocolate coconut squares
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Cuts into 16
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g butter softened; 100g caster sugar; 2 eggs beaten; 140g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp cocoa powder; 2 tbsp milk; 100g plain chocolate broken into pieces; 25g butter; 100g icing sugar sifted; 100g desiccated coconut

100g butter
softened
100g caster sugar
2 eggs
beaten
140g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp milk

For the icing and decoration

100g plain chocolate
broken into pieces
25g butter
100g icing sugar
sifted
100g desiccated coconut

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.
step 3
To make the icing, put the chocolate, butter and 4 tbsp water in a pan and gently heat until melted. Allow to cool slightly, then beat in the icing sugar.
step 4
Remove cake from tin and peel away paper. Cut into 16 squares. Dip the squares into the icing, then roll in the coconut. Allow to set on cooling rack.