Baking

Coconut ice

Name: Coconut ice
Prep time: 80 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: Vegetable oil, to grease; 300g (2 cups) pure icing sugar; 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar; 395g can sweetened condensed milk; 3 1/2 cups desiccated coconut; 6 drops pink food colouring; Cellophane bags, ribbon and labels, to decorate

1 rating

1h 20m

Jump to recipe

Give a gift from your heart with these beautiful coconut ice biscuits.

Vegetable oil, to grease
300g (2 cups) pure icing sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
395g can sweetened condensed milk
3 1/2 cups desiccated coconut
6 drops pink food colouring
Cellophane bags, ribbon and labels, to decorate

Method

1.

Brush a 30 x 20cm rectangular slice pan with oil, line with non-stick baking paper.
2.

Sift the sugar with cream of tartar into a bowl. Add condensed milk and coconut and stir well. Place half the mixture in a separate bowl. Add food colouring to one bowl and stir well to combine. Press uncoloured mixture into base of pan, levelling well, then top with pink mixture, pressing firmly.
3.

Refrigerate for 1 hour to set. Cut into rectangles, place in cellophane bags, tie with ribbon and label.