Baking

Eltham Slice

Ingredients

100 grams butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg beaten
1 cup flour
4 tsp Baking Powder
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup mixed fruit\ or chocolate buttons (variation)
Oven 160 C

Method

Line a swallow baking tin (12x8 inches) with baking paper.  Melt butter, sugar and golden syrup and cool, add vanilla and beaten egg.  Beat well, sift flour and baking powder and stir into wet mix with the coconut and mixed fruit.   Spread into tin and bake for 25 - 30 minutes.  Stand in tin for 10 minutes.  The slices can then be coated with just icing sugar or you can add a sour cream icing as shown in photo. Slice into bars.

Sour Cream Icing.

Take 1 cup icing sugar, sift and add sour cream till it is the consistency you desire.  If using  spread on cake and sprinkle heavily with coconut.