LOUISE CAKE

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Cream together 3 tbs of butter/ marg with 1 and 1/2 tbs of sugar . Once the mixture is pale and creamy add 1 lightly beaten egg , 1 cup of plain flour , 1 tsp of baking powder with a pinch of salt . Lightly spray a slice pan (27.5 x 17.5 x3.5 cm). Gather the dough and gently spread evenly over the base of the slice pan with your hands . Spread the dough with raspberry jam ( I did not have any raspberry jam so I used lemon curd). Now using a clean bowl and beaters beat 2 egg whites adding 8 tsp of castor sugar, a tsp at a time until the sugar is dissolved and the egg whites stiff. Finally fold through 1 cup of shredded coconut . Place in your preheated oven for 30 minutes , at 15 minutes I placed a sheet of baking paper over the top to stop the topping from colouring too much . I let the cake / slice sit in the pan for 5 minutes and then upturned onto a wire cooling rack . When cool slice into squares . Simple and delicious .