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Bars: Hough Bakery Coconut Bars




Source of Recipe


Uncle Phaedrus


Recipe Introduction


Lamingtons


List of Ingredients




1 cup butter, softened
1 cup superfine sugar
4 whole eggs, beaten
2 cups self-rising flour

---Icing:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 tablespoon boiling water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1½ cups finely shredded coconut (see cook's notes)


Recipe



Servings: Makes 12 servings

Cook's notes: The original Australian recipe calls for
desiccated coconut, a dried and shredded form usually
sold unsweetened; may be found in health food stores or
Asian specialty food markets. Lamingtons are cubes of
sponge cake covered with a chocolate glaze and shredded
coconut. Clevelanders may recognize these as the "coconut
bars" sold for many years at the in-store bakeries of most
large grocery chains, at Hough Bakery and other shops. The
cake itself was named after Baron Lamington, the governor
of Queensland between 1895 and 1901.


Preliminaries: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a
13-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan and dust it lightly with flour.


Make the batter: Cream the butter and sugar together.
Gradually add eggs and mix well. Add 1/3 cup of flour
at a time, stirring gently and thoroughly after each
addition. Place batter in prepared pan and bake for
1 hour and 15 minutes, decreasing temperature to 325
degrees after 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
Place in freezer after cool for about one hour. This
makes cutting cake into cubes easier and reduces crumbs.


Make the icing: While cakes briefly freeze, sift the
confectioner's sugar into a bowl. In another bowl, combine
boiling water and vanilla with cocoa, mix well and stir
into confectioner's sugar. Beat well until smooth.


Assembly: Cut cooled cake into 24 squares and ice on all
sides. This is best done using a pair of tongs. Dip the cake
into the icing mixture, then roll iced cake in the coconut
and coat well. Allow to dry on a wire rack.

Presentation: Cover loosely and refrigerate. Serve within 24
hours; remove from refrigerator about an hour before serving
for best flavor.

Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: calories, 407;
fat, 21 grams; calories from fat, 47 percent; carbohydrates,
50 grams; protein, 5 grams; fiber, 1 gram; cholesterol,
115 milligrams; sodium, 455 milligrams.