Chocolate slice

I am not baking much of this at the moment as I am on a diet : )

10 kilos in 8 weeks is my goal and so at the moment I am eating a lot of this-


But a few weekends ago when we went down south with friends it was requested that I make this chocolate slice and so I thought I would share the recipe. I have used this recipe for years as it is really yummy and simple and I always have the ingredients on hand to make it.

125g butter, melted

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg beaten lightly

1 tp vanilla extract

1/2 cup plain flour

1/4 cup self raising flour

2 Tb cocoa powder

1/2 cup desiccated coconut

Combine butter, sugar, egg and extract in medium bowl.

Stir in sifted flours, cocoa powder and then coconut.

Spead mixture over a rectangle slice pan (line the pan if you are not using silicone)

Place in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes

This is what the mixture will look like at this stage.

While the base is cooking make the chocolate icing. You will need-

1 cup icing sugar
2 Tb cocoa powder
10g butter melted
1 1/2 Tb hot water

Sift icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl, add combined butter and water and stir until icing is a spreadable consistency. Wait until the base is cool before you spead the icing. Once it sets- cut up and enjoy !! I used M&M's for the top this time as that is what I had on hand, but I often use coconut.

This is what the finished product looks like, with M&M's on the top-