Lime frosted Coconut Squares
the perfect amount of sweet and tanginess you would expect from a lime recipe, with that great flavour and texture of a chewy and delicious coconut base.
Equipment
- 1 8x8 square baking pan
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp coconut extract
- 1¼ cup flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- ⅓ cup white chocolate
Lime Frosting
- ½ cup butter
- zest of one lime
- Juice from one lime
- 1½ cup icing sugar
- 1 tbsp heavy cream
- 2 tbsp white chocolate chips for melting
Instructions
- pre heat oven to 350°f
- line and 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper on all sides and set aside.
- cream together butter and brown sugar until everything is smooth
- Add egg, vanilla and coconut extract. mix it all together until everything is well combined.
- Add flour, baking powder and salt. mix together only until it is combined. do not over-mix.
- fold in coconut and chocolate chips.
- spread into he bottom of the baking pan as evenly as possible.
- bake 15 - 20 min until the middle is no longer shiny ad the edges are a light-kissed golden brown.
- allow cooling completely before frosting.
- in a large bowl add the butter softened to room temperature. zest one clean lime into the bowl then cut and squeeze the juice out of the lime.
- cram together a bit (will not mix together easily, that's ok)
- add the icing sugar and heavy cream, and beat in a stand mixer with the whisk attachment or using a hand mixer beat the frosting until light and fluffy.
- if the frosting is too runny add more confectioner sugar, if it is too thick add some heavy cream (a very tiny bit at a time)
- once the squares are cooled fully, frost the top as evenly as possible. sprinkle with a bit of coconut.
- melting white chocolate is easy to burn, microwave for 30 seconds at a time and stir in between until it is melted just enough to run off the spoon.
- spoon chocolate into a small sandwich bag cut a tiny bit off the end and squeeze and drizzle the chocolate onto the squares.
- you can cut into the immediately or let the chocolate and icing firm up in the fridge for about 30 min.
- cut into 9 equal pieces.
Notes
if you are looking for green icing you can use some green and yellow food colouring to achieve a more lime colour. I personally like that natural white with the lime zest for colour.