ALL THINGS MACAROON

With the hype about macaroons, I couldn't resists trying out this Macaroon Cake when I came across it in my mums recipe book. I expected it to be sweeter, but it was tasty nonetheless. Its a plain cake with a little twist.

For the cake:
Ingredients
125g Butter
1/5 cups castor sugar
3 egg yolks beaten
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp baking powder

Method:
1. Cream the butter & sugar.
2. Add the egg yolks, vanilla essence, flour, baking powder and milk.
3. Empty mixture into a greased pan.

For the Macaroon topping:
Ingredients
3 egg white
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 1/4 cup coconut

Method:
1. Beat egg whites until stiff.
2. Add icing sugar and coconut. Beat well.
3. Spread over the above cake mixture.
4. Bake @ 180°c for 20-30 minutes.
Cut in squares and serve.