Lemon Coconut Dream

Another morning tea occasion called for more baking from the sparkmypantry blogspot. 
I've made this lemon coconut slice a few times now and it's delicious hot with ice-cream or cold (with whipped cream if you are feeling decadent) washed down with a cup of tea. 
The recipe uses fresh lemon juice and zest to make it really zingy. I'm tempted to try it out with lime next time too. 

What I like most about this recipe is it's simplicity. Even though I love baking, truth is I am pretty lazy about it. This slice requires melting of the butter rather than creaming it, meaning less utensils, less elbow grease and less dishes. In fact you can make the entire thing in the saucepan. 









Lemon Coconut Dream Slice 

Ingredients 

• 250g butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups of plain flour (gluten free or almond flour would also work fine) 
• 1 cup of desiccated coconut 
• rind of 1 - 2 lemons
• 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice
• Icing sugar, to dust. 

Method

In a saucepan melt butter over a low heat. 

Meanwhile grease 20x30cm tin or line with baking paper. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. 

Once melted, remove from heat and stir in sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. 

Sift in the flour and mix well. Stir in coconut, lemon juice and rind, mixing well, then pour into pan. 

Bake for 30 mins till skewer comes out clean. 

Put the kettle on. 

Get the ice-cream out and enjoy. 

Be warned - no batch of this ever lasts more than half a day.