Nanaimo Bars

So this attempt at blogging about my cooking and baking was somewhat inspired by Julie Powell.

Nanaimo bars are a Canadian slice full of sugar and coconut, two ingredients which light up my taste buds.  Got the recipe from here, http://www.canadianliving.com/food/nanaimo_bars.php.  This was actually pretty easy to make, much simpler than the chocolate eclairs.  You mix the base ingredients together and bake at 180 for just over 10 minutes.  Then cream the sugar with the custard powder  and vanilla extract and bit by bit add the icing suger and milk.  Once the base has cooled add cover it with the filling and put in the fridge for an hour or so.  I could have done with slightly more filling.  Once the filling has set spread over the topping.  Again i could have done with a little more topping.  Could definitely taste the walnuts and the coconut.

I think I'm going to have to stop taking photos with my iPhone.  Doesn't do the cooking any justice.