Australia lays claim to this one – but you can never be
sure – they also claim Phar Lap, Russell Crowe, Pavlova, Lorde and the Flat
White – and they are all Kiwi.
Wherever it came from, the lamington is a definite
Australasian favourite. One of my
country friends used to take great delight in serving up homemade lamingtons
with one of them having foam rubber in it rather than cake – they would watch
to see who at the party got caught out.
Here is a traditional NZ Lamingtons recipe (thanks NZ
Herald):
LAMINGTONS
Makes 16
Makes 16
I store-bought or homemade square sponge
3 cups desiccated coconut
3 cups desiccated coconut
Chocolate topping
50g dark chocolate
¼ cup water
1 ½ cups icing sugar
¼ cup sifted cocoa
¼ cup milk
50g dark chocolate
¼ cup water
1 ½ cups icing sugar
¼ cup sifted cocoa
¼ cup milk
Raspberry topping
½ packet raspberry jelly crystals
3 cups icing sugar
40g melted butter
¼ cup boiling water
½ packet raspberry jelly crystals
3 cups icing sugar
40g melted butter
¼ cup boiling water
1. Cut sponge
cake into 16 even squares. Place coconut in a bowl and place a piece of baking
paper on a rack for drying the dipped lamingtons.
2. To prepare
your toppings, place the chocolate and water in a medium-sized bowl over
simmering water. Stir until heated and smooth. Remove from heat. Sift in the
icing sugar and cocoa then pour in milk and stir until velvety. Place the bowl
back over the water, off the heat, so the chocolate will not cool too quickly.
3. For the
raspberry icing, place jelly crystals and icing sugar in a bowl. Add butter and
water, mixing until smooth. If too thick add a tiny bit more water.
4. Using a
fork, dip the sponge pieces one at a time into the topping then roll in
coconut. Continue with remaining sponge, dipping half of the pieces in
chocolate and half in the raspberry icing.
Never tried them before!
ReplyDeleteMy. God. those look good!!!!!
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