Eggless Lamingtons

A light, delicious eggless sponge cake, cut into squares, coated in a delightful chocolate syrup and rolled in toasted coconut makes these lamingtons a splendid tea time treat.

Ingredients:

For the cake:

250g butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
625ml milk
5ml vanilla essence
500g self raising flour
2ml bicarbonate of soda
280g desiccated coconut toasted lightly on a pan on low heat.

For the chocolate syrup;

300g white sugar
40g cocoa powder
190ml water
7ml butter or margarine

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Heat margarine, sugar and milk together in a saucepan. Heat until the margarine melts.
3. Allow to cool and stir in the vanilla essence.
4. Sift in the flour and bicarb and pour the mixture into a greased and lined oven pan of about 24 x 34 cm.
5. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until baked.
6. Remove from oven and allow to cool before cutting into equal sized squares.
7. Syrup: Mix sugar,cocoa powder and water together in a heavy based saucepan. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly
8. Add the butter and remove from the heat.
9. Dip the cake squares into the syrup for about 15 seconds and roll in the toasted desiccated coconut.

Enjoy ❤