Coconut Cherry Slice Layered with Home Made Mulberry Jam

Posted 2015-06-13 by finy ⇒ follow

If you like the flavour of coconut, this recipe is for you!

I had a jar of mulberry jam that I made when mulberries were in season, and decided to use the jam in a slice.

The recipe is made in four layers however it is not difficult to make and the end result is a rich coconut slice.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Makes: About 24 slices

Ingredients
100 g butter
3 eggs
220 g castor sugar
150 g flour
Jar of [link http://reviewclue.com.au/marco-polo-pitted-cherries/ pitted black cherries]
About ½ to ¾ cup mulberry jam (home made is nicer!)
150 g shredded coconut
80 g desiccated coconut

Method

Preheat the oven to 160° fan forced. Line a 28 cm x 19 cm shallow pan with baking paper.

Beat the butter and half the sugar with a mixer.

Add one of the eggs, beat, and add the flour, stirring or mixing on a very low setting.

Put this evenly into the prepared baking tin.

The dough is quite thick so try to spread evenly

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Spoon the jam over this cooked base, as evenly as possible.

My jam had large mulberries still in it

Put the drained cherries over the jam.

Beat the remaining eggs and sugar together (I used the same bowl that I mixed the egg and butter in). Add the two different coconuts to this mixture and stir.

Place this mixture over the cherries, making it as even as possible.