Iced VoVo

Instructions

1. In a bowl, work the softened butter with the icing sugar until creamy and pale.
2. Add the egg and vanilla, then fold in the sifted flour, cornflour, baking powder and salt.
3. Knead quickly until you have a smooth dough, shape it into a ball, wrap it and chill for 30 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Roll the dough out to 4 mm thick and cut out 24 discs with a 5 cm cutter, or use a glass if you don't have one.
5. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until just golden at the edges. Let them cool completely.
6. For the icing, mix the icing sugar with the hot water and pink food colouring until you have a pourable icing.
7. Spread a thin layer of raspberry jam over the flat side of half the discs, then top each with a second disc to make sandwiches.
8. Dip the top of each sandwich in the pink icing, let the excess drip off, then sprinkle with desiccated coconut. Let it set before serving.