Continental Chocolate Slice

Ingredients

Base

• 120g butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tblspns cocoa
• 1 egg
• vanilla essence
• 250g wheatmeal biscuits
• 3/4 cup coconut
• 60g chopped walnuts

Topping

• 60g butter
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 120g dark chocolate
• 2 tblspns hot water
• 1 tbspn custard powder

Method

Base

• Crush biscuits into fine crumbs.
• Combine butter, sugar, and cocoa in a saucepan, stir until well blended.
• Stir in beaten egg and vanilla, cook for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in biscuit crumbs, coconut and walnuts, mix well.
• Press into a slice tin and refrigerate until set.

Topping

• Cream butter well
• Sift together icing sugar and custard powder, and add to butter alternating with hot water.
• Beat until light and fluffy
• Spread over biscuit base and refrigerate
• Melt dark chocolate and spread evenly over firm cold topping.
• Refrigerate and cut into squares.