Recipe: 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 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Lamingtons

1. It's 125 g of butter.
2. You need 1 cup of castor sugar.
3. You need 2 of eggs.
4. Prepare 1 of + half cup sifted cake flour.
5. It's 1 tsp of cream of tartar.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate soda.
7. It's 1/2 cup of milk.

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. Cream butter and sugar well.
2. Add egg (beat the egg in other bowl and then add) Beat for awhile with eggs.
3. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl.
4. Alternate with milk and add to the creamed mixture Mix with a spatula.
5. Bake in a preheated oven of 180 for 20 min till golden in colour. Let it cool.
6. Prepare syrup 60g butter 2 tbsp cocoa 1 and half cup icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup boiling water Whisk well and boil. Set aside to cool. Dip a few cakes using a spoon or spatula very quick. Then leave in a bowl. Roll in dessicated coconut.

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.