Coconut & Orange Bars

Like most people, cake is my nemesis. I love to bake and use to have sell some of my baking at Sloans Square. This weekend I tried out some coconut and orange bars and they were delicious!

Ingredients Makes 10:
125g unsalted butter
225g golden caster sugar
2 eggs beaten
grated rind of 1 orange
3tbsp of orange juice
150ml sour cream
140g self raising flour
85g grated coconut

Frosting:
grated coconut
icing sugar
1 egg white
orange juice to make a thinner paste.



Now I have no method to my baking, basically you just want to put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix them all up. I doubled the ingredients to make 20, so you can adjust the amounts accordingly for how many you want to make.

Once you have blitzed all the ingredients together, grease up a deep tin and poi the mixture in. Only go about half way (if that) as it will rise and you don't want any over flowing! Pop it in a preheated over (180 degrees) for around 20-30mins. The best tip when making sponge is watch it like a hawk, and when it goes golden brown take a knife and prod it through the middle of the cake. Of the knife comes out clear, then it is good to go. If mix comes off on the knife then leave it a little longer.

Once they are looking good, remove them and let them cool on a baking rack. Then tip out of the tins to cool even further. For the frosting, this is down to your own taste buds, and a little of each ingredient until the taste suits your own. Spread all over the cakes and then cut. I sprinkled mine with some extra coconut and some chocolate.

Yum, coconut and orange slices. Theres your weekend treat sorted.