Lamington Macarons

Ingredients

• 3 egg whites at room temperature
• ¼ cup caster sugar
• 1 ¼ cups pure icing sugar
• 1 cup ground almond meal
• 1 ½ tsp coconut essence
• 150g dark cooking chocolate
• 20g copha
• 1 ½ cups shredded coconut
• 150ml thickened cream
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder (sifted)