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Australian Lamingtons !! is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Australian Lamingtons !! is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Recipe of an Australian chocolate and coconut coated sponge cake sometimes filled with jam. Named after Lord Lamington, history has it that the sponge cake. A lamington is an Australian cake made from squares of butter cake or sponge cake coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have australian lamingtons !! using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Australian Lamingtons !!:
- Take CAKE BASE
- Get 1 1/2 cup selfraising flour - sifted .
- Take 1/3 cup cornflour - sifted .
- Get 185 grams - butter . softened
- Make ready 1 cup caster sugar
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla essence
- Make ready 3 eggs .
- Make ready 1/2 cup milk
- Take CHOCOLATE SAUCE ICING
- Make ready 4 cup - icing sugar
- Make ready 1/3 cup cocoa - extra can be added if taste desires .
- Prepare 30 grams - butter
- Prepare 2/3 cup milk .
- Take TOP COAT
- Prepare 3 cup shredded coconut .
A Lamington is an Australian cake, usually made from squares of butter cake or sponge cake coated in a thin layer of chocolate, and rolled in desiccated coconut. They remain a very popular snack across Australia and New Zealand. Example: I ate a lamington after dinner. My lamington has too much coconut and not enough chocolate.
Steps to make Australian Lamingtons !!:
- CAKE BASE : Preheat oven to 180'C / 360°F . Brush a shallow 23cm square cake tin with melted butter or oil and line base and sides of tin (slice tin) with baking paper .
- Place sifted flour and cornflour into a large bowl and add the butter , sugar , vanilla essence , lightly beaten eggs and the milk and using an electric mixer , beat on low speed for one minute or until all ingredients are just moist then beat on high for 3 - 5 minutes until mixture is free from lumps , smooth and increased in volume .
- Pour mixture into prepared tin and smooth the surface then bake for approximately 55 minutes or until skewer come out clean when inserted into the centre of cake . Let cooked cake stand in the tin for about 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack . let cake cool completely .
- CHOCOLATE SAUCE TOPPING : Sift icing sugar and cocoa combine with butter and milk in a medium heatproof bowl and stir over a pan of hot water ( double boiler ) and stir until icing is smooth and glossy .
- COATING THE CAKES : Trim and level brown top and sides from the cake leaving it a bare even cake . Cut cake into even square individual pieces .
- Using 2 forks , to hold one cake square , roll cake piece into chocolate icing mix , making sure to coat the cake in chocolate all over , then holding it over the icing bowl to allow excess to drain off . now roll chocolate coated cake squares into the tray of coconut and roll around to coat all over the chocolate , then place on a wise rack to set properly and repeat with all remaining cake squares . add extra coconut for rolling in if needed . serve and enjoy . :-) .
- HINT : 1. Cake is easier to handle if made the day before cutting and coating .
- 2 . You can use a premade sponge or butter cake to cut and coat .
- 3 . They can be filled with jam and or cream before coating .
Why is this lamington so dry? Lamingtons: Here's a quick recipe that I like to make for any occasion. It makes an impressive afternoon tea or dessert option. When making lamingtons I like to cheat a little bit, I use a ready made pound cake. This makes it a quicker recipe, although you can make your own cake, if you would.
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