Lemon Date Slice

Ingredients
1 c flour
1 c chopped dates
1 t baking powder
1 c desiccated coconut
1/2 c sugar
113g butter, melted (recipe says 4oz)
3 t golden syrup

Method
1. Preheat oven to 130C, and grease a slice tin.
2. Combine dry ingredients; pour liquid over them.
3. Mix well.
4. Press into greased tin.
5. Cook in oven for about 30 minutes.
6. Ice while hot, with lemon water icing.
7. Cut into slices when cold.

- from Kate (please note adherence to the 7+/- 2 rule ;) )

Mini Carrot Cake and Lemon Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 cup firmly packed grated carrot

1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts (optional)

3/4 cup self raising flour

1/2 tspn mixed spice

Method

1.  Preheat oven to 160 and line 18 holes of two 12 hole mini patty pans with paper cases

2.  Beat oil, sugar and eat in small bowl with electric mixer until thick and creamy

3.  Stir in carrot and walnuts

4.  Add sifted flour ans pice

5.  Divide mixture into paper cases

6.  Bake cakes about 20 mins

7.  Stand cakes for 5 mins before turning top side up onto wire racks to cool

8.  Meanwhile make lemon cream cheese icing

Lemon cream cheese icing

Ingredients

90g softened cream cheese

30g softened butter

1 tspn finely grated lemon rind

1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Method

1.  Beat cream cheese, butter and rind in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy

2.  Gradually beat in sifted icing sugar

3.  Spoon into a piping bag and pipe onto cool cakes

4.  Sprinkle with extra grated lemon rind, finely chopped dried apricots

Thanks to Nic Furlong