Cherry Ripe Slice

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 28
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 125 g butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 cups glace cherries, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 1/2 cups desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup condensed milk
• 60 g unsalted butter, melted
• 50 g copha, melted ( vegetable shortening)
• 150 g dark cooking chocolate
• 25 g unsalted butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c.
• 2 grease a 18 x 27 cm shallow baking tin and line with baking paper leaving paper hang over long sides.
• 3 sift flour, cocoa and sugar into bowl.
• 4 add 125g butter and vanilla mix to form dough.
• 5 gather together and turn onto a well floured surface press together for one minute then press into base of tin.
• 6 chill for 20 minutes.
• 7 cover with baking paper and baking beads or uncooked rice and bake for 10-15 min
• 8 remove paper and beads and bake for 5 minutes cool.
• 9 combine cherries,icing sugar, coconut
• 10 stir in condensed milk, 60g butter and copha then spread over base.
• 11 chill for 30 minutes.
• 12 chop the chocolate and 25g butter into small pieces and melt (either in microwave or over boiling water in a saucepan)add cream and stir.
• 13 pour over cherry slice and smooth out on top chill until set.
• 14 cut into pieces.