Chocolate Lamingtons
     submitted by Felicity LaRosa

(YOU CAN CHEAT AND BUY A SPONGE CAKE ALREADY MADE AND CUT IT INTO SQUARES. THIS IS AN AUSTRALIAN DESSERT OR ANYTIME YOU WANT TO EAT THESE... ENJOY!)

Scratch Recipe:
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
4 eggs (beaten)
2 cups self raising flour*
Icing (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350*F (175*C).
Grease a 13 x 9 inch pan and set aside.
Cream together butter and sugar.
Gradually add the eggs, mixing well.
Add 1/3 cup of flour at a time, stirring gently and thoroughly after each addition.
Pour batter in pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, reducing the temperature to 325*F (160*C) after 30 minutes.
Let cool.
Cut into 2 inch (4 cm) squares

Icing:
(THIS IS THE ICING THAT GOES ON THE CAKES)
500 grams / 1 lb of icing sugar
1/3 cup of cocoa
15 grams / ½ oz of butter
½ cup of milk
coconut

Melt the butter in a saucepan and remove from the heat.
Sift the icing sugar and cocoa into the saucepan, add the milk and mix through.
Dip squares of sponge cake into the icing mix. Roll in coconut.