Lamingtons are cubes of sponge cake coated with chocolate icing and then rolled in desiccated coconut to finish. So when I did my research to make Lamingtons I learned that they neither come in varieties, nor do they traditionally have fillings. However, getting creative in the kitchen can always be fun. Ms Humble of http://notsohumblepie.blogspot.com/ did something so creative to spruce up her Lamingtons that inspired me enough to make my own interpretation of one of Australia’s most famous dessert. Of course, I bordered on sacrilege by re inventing my version of rolling them in chocolate shavings, sesame seeds instead of desiccated coconut. And the result was Pleasing else i would have called it something else and not Lamingtons.
Lamingtons
yield -9 cubes
What you need
Sponge cake one day old
(fresh cake will crumble while coating it with chocolate icing)
A little desiccated coconut
Dark or White chocolate shavings(optional)
For the chocolate icing
80 gms icing sugar
30 gms cocoa(i used hershey's)
1 tsp butter
35ml to 40 ml hot water
What you need to do
- Mix castor sugar, cocoa, butter & hot water well
- Now cut the one day old sponge cake into 2 inch cubes
- Cut the cubes horizontally and use a filling of your choice. It could be nutella, chocolate syrup or whipped cream
- Join the halves and dip them into chocolate icing or pour the chocolate icing over it till well coated
- Leave it on baking paper to set
- Now roll the chocolate coated cubes in desiccated coconut or chocolate shavings
From the horse's mouth ... ooh-la-la-Lamingtons
ReplyDeletethat shud hav bin the title nooo ;)
ReplyDeleteDid u actually make these???they sound very interesting...check out Tim Tam's...they are awesome as well...
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love lamingtons. These sound especially delicious. Now, if I can only land upon an eggless sponge cake recipe that doesn't turn up a cake as hard as a rock, I'll be ever so happy.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for visiting my blog. It's so nice to chance upon a fellow food-lover. :)