South African lamingtons (Ystervarkies) | Rainbow Cooking

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1/3 cup (85 ml) milk
• 3 jumbo eggs or 4 smallish eggs
• 1 cup (250 ml) sugar
• 1 ½ cup (375 ml) flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons (7 ml) baking powder
• ½ teaspoon (2 ml) salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup (180 ml) boiling water
• 1 ½ cups (375 ml) sugar
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• pinch of salt
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) cocoa
• 1 ½ teaspoon (7 ml) butter
• ½ teaspoon (2 ml) vanilla
• less than 200 gram desiccated coconut