Lamington

Name: Lamington
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 250g plain flour; 250g caster sugar; 4 eggs; 125g butter, softened; 125ml milk; 2 tsp baking powder; 300g icing sugar; 50g cocoa; 100ml boiling water; 200g desiccated coconut

Australia

National icon. Sold at every Australian school fête since the 1890s.

Australian chocolate-coconut cake — squares of vanilla sponge dipped in chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut. The national cake of Australia.

Prep

30 mins

Cook

25 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

430 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

250gplain flour

250gcaster sugar

4eggs

125gbutter, softened

125mlmilk

2 tspbaking powder

300gicing sugar

50gcocoa

100mlboiling water

200gdesiccated coconut

Method

Make vanilla sponge. Bake at 180°C for 25 minutes. Cool completely. Cut into squares.

Make chocolate icing: mix icing sugar, cocoa and boiling water.

Dip each square in chocolate icing. Roll in coconut.

Chef's Tip

Lamingtons must be made from a day-old cake — fresh sponge crumbles when dipped.

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