Lamingtons. 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. Lamingtons are little sponge cakes coated in chocolate and grated coconut.
Lamington cake - traditional Australian cake squares dipped in a velvety chocolate icing and sprinkled with desiccated coconut, they are moist, comforting and utterly delicious!
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.
Lovely lamingtons for the win! 💜.
You can have Lamingtons using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lamingtons
- You need of Sponge Ingredients.
- It's 2/3 cup (100 g) of plain flour.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder.
- Prepare 50 g of unsalted butter.
- It's 4 of eggs.
- It's 1/2 cup (110 g) of caster sugar.
- It's of Chocolate Icing Ingredients.
- Prepare 3 cups (480 g) of icing sugar.
- You need 3/4 cup (75 g) of cocoa powder.
- It's 1/3 cup (80 ml) of boiling water.
- Prepare 75 g of butter.
- You need of Decoration Ingredient.
- It's 200 g of shredded coconut, to coat.
- Prepare of Black currant jam, between sponges.
Have you ever had lamingtons before? These gorgeous little cakes are absolutely divine. Homemade soft sponge cakes dipped in chocolate and covered in coconut. Is the lamington the most Australian cake? "Really good lamingtons need to be fluffy with a fresh sponge," says Nadine Ingram, a baker who owns an eastern Sydney bakery where they've created.
Lamingtons instructions
- 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.
Lamingtons, the Australian treat, might look tricky, but they're fun and easy to make. Start by baking a simple white cake and cut it into squares. Then heat a rich chocolate icing that you'll use to cover the. 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.
