Lamingtons

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

4 large eggs

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 cups powdered sugar

¼ cup boiling water

2 tsp milk

1 tsp vanilla

2 Tbsp baking cocoa

2 cups shredded coconut

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix well. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix well. Pour batter into a 9x13 greased pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Allow cake to cool completely on a wire rack. Sift powdered sugar into a bowl. In another bowl, add boiling water, milk, vanilla and cocoa; mix. Stir cocoa mix into powdered sugar and beat well. Cut the cooled cake into 16 squares. Use tongs to dip the cake pieces in the chocolate mixture. Then dip cakes into coconut. Allow cakes to dry on rack before serving.

(ripped off from the friend magazine)