I love making slices and from my wide experience, people love eating them. Cutting them isn’t as faffy as cutting a cake, and a piece of slice is usually more exciting than a bickie.
We were supposed to go on a picnic last weekend with good friends but despite it being hot & sticky in Sydney at the moment the rain came tumbling down. I’d already made the slice to take so my work colleagues got to benefit from our rained-out picnic.
The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Cake Stall book is full of lovely sweet treats and when I saw the recipe for chewy chocolate slice I knew I’d *have* to make it. Instead of using the icing as suggested in the book and I topped it with white freckles that I had in the pantry. Pretty.
Gather:
125g melted butter
¾ cup brown sugar
1 egg lightly beaten
Vanilla extract
½ cup plain flour
¼ cup self-raising flour
½ cup desiccated coconut
2 tablespoons cocoa
Bag of white chocolate freckles
Let’s get to it:
Preheat oven to 180C and grease and line a 20cmx30cm rectangular pan with baking paper, leaving two opposite sides with overhang.
Combine butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in medium bowl. Stir in sifted flours and cocoa, then coconut.
Spread mix into pan and bake 23-ish minutes.
As soon as it comes out of the oven press freckles into slice.
Allow to cool in tin before cutting into squares.
the hungry mum 
I’ll have to try that one! I’m starting to collect slices! Just made a very sweet one – strawb jam and coconut. Bit too sweet for my liking, perhaps too much jam!!
I love that jam & coconut slice but haven’t eaten it or made it in FOREVER! I reckon I’d find it a bit too sweet now, too.
This is great to bake with the children !!
Yep, it is very much a child-proof dish!
What a delicious look post! Yum Yum! =)
Thanks!
Two fabulous things in one, love chocolate & love freckles! Both look like good fun (together!)
I wish we had those little white freckles here. They add such a nice hit of fun!
Such a good idea to add white freckles on top…love it!
I just re-stocked on white freckles today 🙂
Very wise thinking! 😉
Delicious and adorable! I love that these don’t look overpoweringly chocolatey — the recipe looks perfectly yummy.
Thank so much x They aren’t too OTT so are perfect for a little pick-me-up.
This is making me hungry!
Hehehe, that’s the aim 🙂
CUTE!!!
Thanks!
Could you just please send some of these in the mail… LOL They look fabulous but I know I won’t have time to even try. Keep up the great work! 😀
Sure, anything for you 🙂
Such cute little bars! I love freckles and this slice looks like the perfect match 🙂
Thanks 🙂 I do love a freckle, too x
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I have such a sweet spot for freckles so this is hitting home 😀
Cheers
CCU
Yes, freckles *rock*. Freckles for all!
Yummm I love slices and these look perfect for a picnic!
If only the weather would hold so we could have a picnic! *shakes fist at sky*
A coconut brownie – how clever and tasty. Best – Shanna
they go together so well – I could eat this all day long 🙂