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  • 6/26 Nat'l Cocobut Day 2

    From Dave Drum@1:2320/105 to All on Tue Jun 25 18:54:00 2024

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    Title: St. Helena Coconut Fingers
    Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Snacks
    Yield: 30 servings

    10 oz (283 g) Plain Flour
    8 oz (225 g) Sugar
    8 oz (225 g) Butter
    4 lg Eggs
    Vanilla essence
    2 ts Baking powder
    9 oz (250 g) Icing sugar
    18 oz (500 g) Desiccated Coconut
    Red food colouring

    EQUIPMENT: Flat cake tray - approx. 3-5 cm high to
    create the fingers, Cooling rack

    MAKING THE CAKE BASE: Cream the sugar and butter in
    a bowl until soft and light in colour.

    Add the eggs one at a time, and one tablespoon of sifted
    flour to the mixture.

    Add a few drops of the vanilla essence to the mixture.
    Mix well.

    Add the remaining sifted flour and the baking powder.
    Mix well. Or use an electric whisk.

    Line the baking tray with bakery parchment.

    Place mixture into a flat cake tin - bake in a moderate
    oven at 350oF/175oC/Gas 4 for 20-25 minutes.

    MAKING THE COCONUT FINGERS: Make sure that the cake is
    completely cooled from baking. Otherwise the icing will
    melt during decoration.

    Cut the cake into fingers about 10-12 cm long by 3-5 cm
    wide.

    Using a medium/large bowl, mix the icing sugar with
    water to make the icing mixture. Start with a few drops
    of water, adding more as you mix, until it has the
    consistency of Tomato sauce.

    Add a few drops of the food colouring to the icing sugar
    mixture. Mix it well.

    Add the Coconut to a medium/large bowl. (Note: Depending
    on the amount of cake fingers you have, might need to
    create more icing, or coconut. Mix as required).

    Using a fork dip the fingers into the icing sugar bowl,
    making sure to cover all the sides with icing.

    Then roll the fingers in the coconut bowl.

    Leave to set on a plate.

    Once set, enjoy with a hot beverage, or a glass of milk.
    Perfect for any occasion really.

    Makes about 30 Fingers. (Depends on the size you cut them)

    RECIPE FROM: http://www.saintcooks.com

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