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Lamingtons
By: Lois Gill, April 10, 2015
Pieces of cake dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut make a tasty treat.
Preparation Time: 30-40 minutes not including baking the cake
Yield:24-30 Lamingtons
Ingredients:
1 9×13-inch Hot Milk Sponge Cake or any white or yellow or plain cake
11β2-2 cups chocolate syrup/sauce (recipe below) or thin Ganache or thin Chocolate Icing.
3-4 cups fine or medium shred unsweetened dessicated coconut.
How to make it:
Bake your favourite cake. Make it the day before, if possible. I find a sponge cake works best. I use the Hot Milk
Sponge Cake but any white or yellow cake will work including pound cake. Let the cake cool, overnight if
possible. Using a serrated knife trim the sides off the cake. Cut the cake in even squares or rectangles. Trim off
the bottom and top crusts. By now you will have completely “skinned” the cake. You will have about 24-30 pieces
from a 9×13-inch cake.
Place half the coconut in a shallow bowl, refilling as needed.
Warm the chocolate sauce/icing/ganache and place some of it in another shallow bowl, refilling as needed.
Take each piece of cake and coat thoroughly in the chocolate sauce. You may use 2 forks to manoeuver the cake
but I find using my hands best. Keep one hand clean if you can. You may need to wash the chocolate and coconut
off your hands every now and then to keep things neat.
When the cake piece is coated in chocolate, roll in the coconut until all sides are coated. Place on a tray or plate
and repeat with the remaining cake pieces. Store Lamingtons in a covered container. They will taste best the day
after making as the chocolate will have soaked into the top layer of the cake.
Makes 24-30 Lamingtons
Chocolate Cocoa Dipping Syrup/Sauce (my favourite coating)
1 cup granulated sugar
1β2 cup cocoa
1β2 cup water
2 tablespoon butter, optional
Dash of salt
Sift the cocoa and sugar together into a medium sized saucepan. Add the water and stir to combine. Bring to a
slow boil and add the butter and salt. Simmer until slightly reduced and thickened. Add vanilla.
