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| Australian lamingtons |
This Australian icon ranks right up there with Pavlova and Vegemite.
It is believed to be invented by accident over 100 years ago.
Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie (Lord Lamington) has been credited with the discovery of the lamington.
The maid for Lord Lamington (eighth governor of Queensland) accidentally dropped a sponge cake in some melted chocolate.
So that the sponge cake would not be messy, they added coconut.
The result was a delicious new invention, named after Lord Lamington.
If you would like to try this delicious Australian iconic sweet, follow the recipe below.
Ingredients For Cake
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs
pinch of salt
tsp vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1/2 cup milk
Ingredients For Icing
2 cups icing sugar
1 big tablespoon butter
1/3 cup cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups coconut
4 tablespoons boiling hot water
1/2 cup milk
Process
Cream the butter and sugar together for about 8 minutes
Then beat In the eggs and vanilla
Mix in milk and flour with the mixture
Pour the mixture into a greased square baking tray
Put in oven and bake for 30 mins on 180 C
Allow the cake to cool
Once the cake has cooled, cut the cake into squares
To add the icing, add all of the ingredients for icing, except the coconut, with boiling water in a bowl until it is quite thin
Coat the square pieces with the icing
Roll the lamingtons in the coconut
Leave the lamingtons in an airtight container and leave in the refrigerator for a couple of hours (preferably overnight)
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1/2 cup milk
Ingredients For Icing
2 cups icing sugar
1 big tablespoon butter
1/3 cup cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups coconut
4 tablespoons boiling hot water
1/2 cup milk
Process
Cream the butter and sugar together for about 8 minutes
Then beat In the eggs and vanilla
Mix in milk and flour with the mixture
Pour the mixture into a greased square baking tray
Put in oven and bake for 30 mins on 180 C
Allow the cake to cool
Once the cake has cooled, cut the cake into squares
To add the icing, add all of the ingredients for icing, except the coconut, with boiling water in a bowl until it is quite thin
Coat the square pieces with the icing
Roll the lamingtons in the coconut
Leave the lamingtons in an airtight container and leave in the refrigerator for a couple of hours (preferably overnight)