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Lamingtons Recipe. Nothing beats fluffy sponge dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut - fact. Whether it's Australia Day or just for morning tea, these lamingtons will hit.
You can cook Lamingtons using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lamingtons
- Make ready of Sponge Ingredients.
- It’s 2/3 cup (100 g) of plain flour.
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder.
- Take 50 g of unsalted butter.
- Prepare 4 of eggs.
- Prepare 1/2 cup (110 g) of caster sugar.
- Take of Chocolate Icing Ingredients.
- You need 3 cups (480 g) of icing sugar.
- You need 3/4 cup (75 g) of cocoa powder.
- Prepare 1/3 cup (80 ml) of boiling water.
- Take 75 g of butter.
- Make ready of Decoration Ingredient.
- Prepare 200 g of shredded coconut, to coat.
- It’s of Black currant jam, between sponges.
Lamington cake - traditional Australian cake squares dipped in a velvety chocolate icing and sprinkled with desiccated coconut, they are moist, comforting and utterly delicious!Lovely lamingtons for the win! 💜.Have you ever had lamingtons before?These gorgeous little cakes are absolutely divine.
Lamingtons step by step
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Place the eggs and sugar in an electric mixer and whisk on high speed for 10–12 minutes or until pale, thick and tripled in volume.
- In the meanwhile, put the flour and baking powder in a bowl together and then sift three times to make sure they are mixed through and set aside. Also melt the butter.
- Sift ½ of flour mixture over the egg mixture and gently fold through using a large metal spoon. Repeat with the remaining flour.
- Add melted butter and fold through.
- Pour the mixture into two shallow square tins lined with non-stick baking paper and bake for 16–18 minutes or until sponges are springy to the touch and come away from the sides of the tins..
- Remove from the tins and cool completely on wire racks.
- Once cooled, spread blackcurrant jam on one sponge and place second on top. Then cut the sponges into roughly 6cm squares.
- Make the icing by placing icing sugar, cocoa powder, water and (melted( butter in a large bowl and whisk to combine. And place the shredded coconut on a plate.
- Using a fork, dip 1 lamington in the icing and roll in the shredded coconut. Place on a wire rack or tray to set.
A traditional Australian treat that appeals to most.Any firm type of plain cake can be used: butter cake, pound cake.Lamingtons are very popular in Australia and To make Lamingtons, you start with a white cake (home made or store bought) that has been cut into.
Homemade soft sponge cakes dipped in chocolate and covered in coconut.Lamington Cake is an Australian dessert of little cubes or squares of sponge cake, dipped in chocolate, then rolled in coconut.The word lamington means layers of beaten gold.See more ideas about Lamingtons, Food, Desserts.We all have our preferences, some of us swear by the classic version, some like the cream.