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Russian Squares

Delicious tea time treat
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course: Teatime treat
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g baking margarine
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp golden syrup
  • 2 cups dried fruit cake mix
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp hot water
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence

Equipment

  • 1 Large Saucepan
  • Measuring Cups
  • Measuring Spoons
  • 1 Bowl
  • Kitchen scale
  • Wooden spoon
  • Whisk or electric beaters
  • Wooden spoon

Method
 

  1. Melt margarine, sugar and syrup in the saucepan on the stove
  2. Stir well until the mixture thickens. Rather do this slowly.
  3. Allow to cool.
  4. Add cake mix and stir well.
  5. Add 2 beaten eggs, flour and baking powder and mix well
  6. Pour into a greased pan and bake at 180°C for 20 minutes or until golden.
  7. Make icing from icing sugar, hot water and vanilla essence.
  8. Pour over the pan when it comes out of the oven and allow icing to set before cutting into squares.

Notes

  1. This time when I made the squares  I swopped out some 1/2 cup of the cake mix and added in cranberries. Dare I say divine.