Coconut Slice with Lemon Syrup

Okay, I've decided it's Slice Week!  I have a few I've made over the past couple of weeks ready to share, so I might as well get them on here so you can get baking!  Here's another from the good old Women's Weekly.

Ingredients:

155g butter, softened

¾ cup caster sugar

2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind

2 eggs

1 ¼ cups desiccated coconut

1 cup self-raising flour

2 tablespoons lemon juice

Lemon syrup

¼ cup caster sugar

1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind

1/3 cup lemon juice

¼ cup water

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.  Grease 20cm x 30cm rectangular pan; line with baking paper.

Beat butter, sugar and rind in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs until combined.  Transfer mixture to medium bowl; stir in coconut, sifted flour and juice.  Spread mixture into pan.  Bake about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, make lemon syrup: stir ingredients in small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves.  Bring to the boil.  Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until syrup thickens slightly.

Pour syrup over hot slice.  Cool slice in pan before cutting.