Baking With Newsgroup; Coconut Lime Slices

Newsgroup Recipes Lime Coconut Slices

Ingredients:
175g Stork Margarine175g
Caster Sugar250g Plain Flour
50g Desiccated Coconut
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
3 Eggs
3 Tablespoons Milk (whole)
Zest of 2 Limes
Juice of 1 Lime


For The Topping : 
250g Icing Sugar
Juice of 2 Limes

Method: 
Preheat oven 180c, 160c fan assisted, gas mark 4.
Lightly grease a 23cm x 30cm (9in x 12in) traybake tin and line with parchment paper.
Combine all the cake ingredients in bowl and beat well for about two minutes or until smooth and thoroughly blended.
Pour into the prepared tin and level the surface bake in a preheated oven for 35 – 40 minutes, it should be well risen, springy to the touch and beginning to shrink away from the sides of the tin.
Leave to cool slightly in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack and gently remove the lining paper and leave to cool.
To make icing put the icing sugar in a bowl and add enough of the lime juice to give a runny consistency. Pour over the cool cake and leave to set ( you can decorate with lime zest and toasted desiccated coconut or leave as is ) when cool cut it into slices and serve.

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Sarah Brooks

Sarah has worked in marketing and content creation for many years. In her role at Newsgroup, she is the online editor of www.newsgroup.ie with a particular interest in local news and events. Sarah also works closely with our editorial team on our printed editions in Tallaght, Lucan, Clondalkin and Rathcoole/Saggart. If you have a story and would like to make contact please email Sarah at info@newsgroup.ie.

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