If you’re looking for an iconic Australian sweet treat, then classic Lamingtons is the way to go. A classic Lamington is a rich, dense sponge cake dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with coconut. These delicious treats are so easy to make that it takes only a few minutes!
Classic Lamingtons
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 120 g sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 50 g unsalted butter or vegan margarine, melted
- 120 g self raising flour
Chocolate Icing Ingredients
- 25 g unsalted butter or vegan margarine
- 160 g milk or soy milk
- 500 g icing sugar
- 50 g Dutch processed cocoa
- shredded coconut, to coat
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 190C butter and line a 20cm square cake tin and set aside.
- Place sugar into the Thermocook bowl and mill for 10 seconds/speed 10.
- Insert Butterfly. Crack eggs into the bowl and whip for 7 minutes / Speed 3, add butter and vanilla paste and stir for 5 seconds / Speed 4.
- Remove butterfly and replace with blade Cover.
- Add flour into the bowl and attach the lid. Mix for 10 seconds / speed 3.
- Pour mixture into the prepared tin, level, and bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until golden and springy to touch. Cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool completely.
- Freeze for 30 minutes before cutting. Meanwhile, prepare the icing.
- Place butter and milk into a clean Thermocook bowl and cook for 2 minutes/ Speed 2/ 80C.
- Add sugar and cocoa and blend for 20 - 25 seconds / Speed 4.
- Trim sides of sponge and cut cake into 16 equal-sized cubes, scatter coconut over a tray or plate.
- Pour icing into a deep bowl, using tongs, dunk each piece of cake into the icing, and coat liberally, place onto coconut, and shimmy around so that the entire cake cube is covered in coconut.
- Transfer to a flat tray lined with baking paper, repeat until all cake cubes are covered, refreshing coconut if necessary. allow icing to set before serving.
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