Antjie

Antjie

Sunday 21 April 2013

Delectable Lamingtons (Ystervarkies)...


Ingredients:
  • 4 extra large eggs
  • 375ml (315g) refined Castor sugar
  • 250g butter or margarine
  • 750ml (420g) cake flour
  • 10ml baking powder
  • 5ml cream of tartar (kremetart)
  • 2ml salt
  • 250ml milk
  • 5ml vanilla essence
  • +/- 625ml (200g) dried coconut
Chocolate icing:
  • 500ml (400g) sugar
  • 125ml (65g) icing sugar
  • 80ml (30g) cocoa
  • 250ml water
  • 45ml butter

Instructions:
  1. Beat the eggs and sugar, melt the butter and add it to the mixture. Mix well.
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt together. Add the milk and essence to the butter mixture. Combine the wet and dry ingredients.
  3. Spoon mixture into an oven pan of 34 x 24cm and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in a preheated oven of 180⁰C. Allow to cool and cut into squares. 
Icing: 
Heat the ingredients to boiling point in a saucepan. Dip the squares in the chocolate icing and roll in the coconut.