Australian Lamingtons !!
Australian Lamingtons !!

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Australian Lamingtons !! is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Australian Lamingtons !! is something which I have loved my entire life.

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. Australian Lamingtons: Lamington is Australian specialty and one of my favorite cakes to prepare for the family, not just because my parents are Australian, but also because my husband's late grandmother liked to prepare them as well when we lived in Europe, which of co. Lamingtons, originated in Australia, are considered the "national cake of Australia".

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook australian lamingtons !! using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Australian Lamingtons !!:
  1. Prepare CAKE BASE
  2. Take 1 1/2 cup selfraising flour - sifted .
  3. Get 1/3 cup cornflour - sifted .
  4. Make ready 185 grams - butter . softened
  5. Take 1 cup caster sugar
  6. Take 2 tsp vanilla essence
  7. Get 3 eggs .
  8. Get 1/2 cup milk
  9. Prepare CHOCOLATE SAUCE ICING
  10. Get 4 cup - icing sugar
  11. Get 1/3 cup cocoa - extra can be added if taste desires .
  12. Prepare 30 grams - butter
  13. Take 2/3 cup milk .
  14. Prepare TOP COAT
  15. Prepare 3 cup shredded coconut .

I only recently learned that lamingtons are from Australian origin, and that they traditionally contain some kind of filling. In South Africa, we just dip squares of sponge cake in chocolate syrup, then cover them in dessicated coconut. Which brings me to the Lamington Cake with Milo Icing. Lamingtons are cake, rolled in chocolate, and covered in coconut flakes.

Steps to make Australian Lamingtons !!:
  1. 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 .
  2. 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 .
  3. 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 .
  4. 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 .
  5. 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 .
  6. 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 . :-) .
  7. HINT : 1. Cake is easier to handle if made the day before cutting and coating .
  8. 2 . You can use a premade sponge or butter cake to cut and coat .
  9. 3 . They can be filled with jam and or cream before coating .

The traditional icing for a Lamington is a chocolate glaze. We're making this from scratch, the Paleo way. Lamingtons are sponge cakes dipped in chocolate icing and covered with coconut. For this month's Baking Eggless Group challenge, I chose Lamingtons from David Lebovitz's blog. Mostly two layers of square cake pieces are sandwiched together with a layer of jam.

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