Slice with pineapple and other delicious ingredients!

Oriental Delight

Thanks to Vicki from Unusual Coleslaw for this delicious recipe    http://unusualcoleslaw.blogspot.com.au/

2 oz Butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 3/4 cup SR Flour; 1 tbsp Cocoa; 4 tbsp Milk; 1 tbsp Coffee Essence; 1 cup Dates; ; 1/2 cup Coconut; 2 Eggs; 1/2 cup Walnuts; ½ cup chopped crystallised pineapple is my addition!

Method: Beat Butter and Sugar, add Eggs, Milk, Coffee, Coconut, Cocoa, Flour, Dates and Walnuts.

Press the mixture into a greased, shallow tin and bake in a moderate oven (approx. 180°C) for 25-30 minutes.

Ice with Chocolate Icing, sprinkle with chopped Nuts

When cold, cut into fingers or squares.

Source: Recipes Old and New (Dedicated to the many women who have worked in and for the Hutchinson Hospital during the last eighty years) [Gawler Health Services Joint Fund: November 1994], p.39.