Chocolate Peppermint Slice

Prep: Cook: 20 mins
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Ingredients

  • Base

  • 1 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour
  • 1/2 cup Coconut
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 125g Butter

  • Peppermint Icing

  • 1 3/4 cup Icing Sugar
  • 30g Vegetable Shortening/Copha
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • 1/2 tsp Peppermint Essence

  • Chocolate Icing

  • 90g Vegetable Shortening/Copha
  • 1/2 cup Drinking Chocolate

Method

  1. Sift flour, add coconut and brown sugar.
  2. Add melted butter and mix well.
  3. Press into greased 18cm/7" lamington tin. Bake in moderate oven for 20 minutes.
  4. To make peppermint icing, melt shortening over gentle heat.
  5. Add sifted icing sugar, milk and essence. Mix well. Apply to base while still warm.
  6. To make chcolate icing, melt shortening over gentle heat.
  7. Pour over sifted drinking chocolate and mix well.
  8. Wait for peppermint icing to cool before spreading on top.
  9. Leave to set and cut into slices.