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Coconut Ice

Coconut ice recipe from Living on the Veg - an old-fashioned sweet treat you can make at home
Course Baking
Cuisine British
Prep Time 15 minutes
Drying time 3 hours
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 16
Calories 183kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Line a 20 cm square baking tin with baking paper or foil.
  • Add 100 g of desiccated coconut (half of the coconut for the full recipe) to a sealable bag then add a few drops of pink food colouring. Shake until the coconut turns pink. Set aside until you are ready to make your pink layer.
    pink food colouring
  • Sift 125 g icing sugar (half of the full amount for the recipe) into a large bowl, then add 100 g of white desiccated coconut (the other half, you have just dyed the rest pink) and 100 g of condensed milk (half of the full amount for the recipe).
  • Stir well, then bring together the white mixture into a ball with your hands.
  • Press the white coconut ice into your tin. It should be between 1 and 1.5 cm deep. Smooth the top of the coconut ice with the back of a spoon until it is smooth and even.
  • Start your pink layer next. Sift 125 g icing sugar into a bowl, add 100 g of pink coconut and 100 g of condensed milk. Mix well, pull together into a ball and press into the tin on top of the white layer. Smooth this layer with a spoon.
  • Lift the coconut ice carefully out of the tin using the edges of the paper or foil you lined the tin with and move it to a baking rack to dry out for three hours. After three hours, cut into squares. Store in an airtight container, so it doesn't dry out any more.

Nutrition

Calories: 183kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 20mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 0.4mg