Ingredients
Cooking oil spray, to grease
2 cups pure icing sugar
¼ tsp cream of tartar
395g can sweetened condensed milk
3½ cups desiccated coconut
1 tsp strawberry essence
Pink food colouring, to tint
Method
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Grease a 20cm square cake tin with cooking oil spray then line base and sides with baking paper.
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Sift icing sugar and cream of tartar into a medium bowl, then make a well in the centre. Add condensed milk and coconut, then, using your hands, mix until well combined.
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Put ½ of the mixture in another bowl. Add strawberry essence and a few drops of colouring. Wearing gloves and using your hands, mix until evenly flavoured and tinted.
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Press pink mixture over the base of prepared tin. Cover with white mixture and press down firmly to smooth surface. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours or until set.
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Remove from tin and cut into 20 squares. Package as gifts or store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for up to 2 weeks.
