Laurice is the mother of a girlfriend who I met at school in Eltham, her slice is great as a lunchbox filler.

Ingredients

• 100 grams butter
• 1 tblsp golden syrup
• ¾ cup caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup self rising flour
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup mixed fruit
• ½ tsp vanilla essence
• icing sugar to dust with

Method

1. In a saucepan melt the butter, golden syrup and castor sugar. Cool. Add the egg and beat well.
2. Stir in the flour, coconut, mixed fruit and vanilla essence.
3. Spread into a greased and paper lined 20cm x 30cm slice tin.
4. Bake at 160ºC for 25-30 minutes until cooked. Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Dust with icing sugar or ice and cut into slices or squares.