How to Make Yummy Lamingtons

Lamingtons. A lamington is an Australian cake made from squares of butter cake or sponge cake coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut. Lamingtons are a vanilla sponge dipped in chocolate then coated with coconut. A soft buttery sponge cake coated all over with chocolate icing and coconut.

Is the lamington the most Australian cake? When lamingtons get fancy, they turn into glamingtons. Try adding different flavours to the old favourite for something new. You can have Lamingtons using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lamingtons

1. Prepare 175 grams of butter.
2. It's 3/4 cup of caster sugar.
3. You need 3 of eggs, beaten.
4. It's 2 cup of self raising flour.
5. It's 150 ml of milk.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence.
7. You need 25 grams of butter.
8. It's 1/4 cup of boiling water.
9. You need 2 tbsp of cocoa.
10. Prepare 2 cup of icing sugar.
11. It's 2 cup of desiccated coconut.

A lamington is traditionally made from a vanilla sponge cake, coated in a chocolate sauce and then rolled in dessicated coconut. Over the years, I have played around with several lamington recipes. Lamingtons are little sponge cakes coated in chocolate and grated coconut. A traditional Australian treat that appeals to most.

Lamingtons step by step

1. Preheat oven to 180° c (350°f) bake 30-35 minutes.
2. Two days before you make lamingtons make the cake. Grease a Swiss roll tin, line it with greaseproof paper and re-grease..
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add eggs, beating well after each addition. Alternately fold in flour and milk, stir in vanilla essence..
4. Place mixture in greased lined swiss roll tin and bake30-35 minutes. Cool cake on wire rack..
5. To make lamingtons, cut into 3.5cm cubes..
6. Prepare icing: place butter in a bowl and pour in boiling water. Add cocoa and beat continuously, gradually add icing sugar. Place bowl of icing over pan of hot water..
7. Using a long pronged fork to hold cubes of cake, dip each piece into icing and roll immediately in coconut. Leave lamingtons to set..
8. Makes approximately 12.

Any firm type of plain cake can be used: butter cake, pound cake. Lamingtons, the Australian treat, might look tricky, but they're fun and easy to make. Finish the Lamingtons by tossing them with unsweetened shredded coconut. Lamingtons are delicious chocolate and coconut covered cake treats. They are yummy, and a staple dessert found in the land down under.