Recipe: Yummy Carrot lamingtons

Carrot lamingtons. This is a recipe for two classic cakes rolled into one. This is a recipe for two classic cakes rolled into one. 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.

Rewards for a favourable employee survery result :P Thanks Megan, for getting me my lamingtons! Thanks Megan, for getting me my lamingtons! I did ask for party pies, but she reckoned it was too. You can cook Carrot lamingtons using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Carrot lamingtons

1. It's 1 cup of flour.
2. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
3. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
4. You need 1 tsp of cardamom powder.
5. Prepare 1/4 cup of oil.
6. You need 1/4 cup of yogurt.
7. It's 2/3 cup of powdered sugar.
8. You need 2 of eggs.
9. Prepare 1 cup of shredded carrot.
10. It's 2 cups of icing sugar.
11. It's 1/4 cup of Cocoa powder.
12. Prepare 2 tsp of butter.
13. Prepare 1/4 cup of milk.
14. You need 1 1/2 cup of dessicated coconut powder.

Lamingtons are little sponge cakes coated in chocolate and grated coconut. A traditional Australian treat that appeals to most. Any firm type of plain cake can be used: butter cake, pound cake, Madeira. ''Lamingtons are essentially cake sandwiches. Sandwiches of (usually génoise) cake, put together with a filling (traditionally jam), before being dipped in a chocolate icing and desiccated coconut.

Carrot lamingtons instructions

1. To bake the cake,sieve all dry ingredients together,flour,baking soda,salt, cardamom powder and keep aside..
2. In a mixing bowl add sugar and eggs and mix well. Add in the yogurt and oil and mix nicely..
3. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix till no lumps..
4. Fold in the shredded carrots and mix well..
5. Take a greased and lined square baking tin and pour the mix into it..
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 35-40 minutes till a skewer comes out clean..
7. Demould the cake when little cool and let it cool further..
8. For the chocolate frosting,mix the icing sugar,cocoa powder,butter, cardamom powder and milk and mix in a double till a pouring consistency is achieved..
9. For the assembly of lamingtons,cut the cake into 2 inch square pieces and dip each piece in chocolate frosting and then roll in dessicated coconut..
10. Put the lamingtons on a clean wire rack to set and after setting, serve them at tea /coffee time..

Is the lamington the most Australian cake? For the uninitiated, a lamington is a sponge or butter cake dipped in chocolate and covered all over with desiccated coconut. Ok, so I must admit I wasn't sure if it was possible to make such delicious FLUFFY Lamington's with such healthy ingredients but. Lamingtons are an Australian specialty cake. Small squares of white cake are dipped in a chocolate frosting and then covered in coconut.