Coconut Ice

An old fashioned favourite, we used to have a family friend who always made a batch of Coconut Ice for us kids when he came for Xmas lunch.

Ingredients

  • 250 gm dessicated coconut
  • 500 gm icing sugar mixture
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 2 egg whites, lightly beaten
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 125 gm copha, melted
  • pink food colouring

Method

  • Grease and then line an 8cm by 26 cm tin, regrease paper
  • Sift icing sugar into bowl
  • stir in coconut, vanilla, lemon juice, egg whites and copha
  • divide mixture in half  colour one half of mixture with colouring, be careful add in small doses, mix in well
  • press pink half into pan, flatten well
  • add white half and press firmly again
  • refrigerate till firm then cut into squares
    • for something a little different try colouring one half green or any colour you fancy



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