Cherry Ripe Slice
1 cup of self raising flour
1 tablespoon of cocoa
1/3 cup sugar
100g butter or margarine
100g crushed ‘Marie’ biscuits
For the filling:
1 1/2 cups of desiccated coconut
1 tin of condensed milk
1 packet of chopped glace cherries
150g cooking chocolate
30g copha
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 20 x 30cm lamington tin. Melt the butter and combine the sugar, sifted flour and cocoa, and crushed biscuits. Spread into a lamington tin and bake for 20 minutes.
For the filling: Mix together the coconut, condensed milk and chopped glace cherries, and spread evenly onto the base. Cook for a further 15 minutes. Melt the cooking chocolate and copha together and spread over the cooled slice. Cut into squares when the chocolate is set.