Citrus Squares
(Makes about 12)
Ingredients
- 75g (3oz) butter
- 175g (6oz) soft brown sugar
- 75g (3oz) self raising flour
- 2.5ml (1/2 tsp) baking powder
- 75g (3oz) ground almonds
- 3 eggs
- 1 lemon
- 8 Cadbury Flake from a family box
For the icing
- 200g (7oz) cream cheese
- 60ml (3 Tbs) fromage frais or natural yoghurt
- 1 lemon
- 50g Cadbury Bournville chocolate
Also, you will require
- A 18cm (7 inch) square cake tin, greased and base lined
- A piping bag and small star pipe
Method
- Beat the butter, sugar, dry ingredients, almonds and eggs really well together. Mix in the finely grated lemon rind, chopped lemon flesh and 6 chopped Flake, (the mixture may look curdled). Spread in tin and bake at Gas Mark 4, 180°C, 350°F for 50-60 minutes until cooked. Cool before turning out.
- Beat cream cheese and fromage frais together then add grated lemon rind. Segment lemon. Spread just over half this icing on the cake. Mark 4 lines one way and 3 the other, making 12 pieces. Melt chocolate and blend into remaining icing. Pipe a decoration on alternate pieces, with lemon and Flake on the others. Cut through neatly.