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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 90 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Nice easy recipe for making lamingtons, soft sponge cake coated in chocolate icing and rolled in coconut. Ingredients:
400 g butter, softened |
300 g caster sugar |
6 eggs |
2 teaspoons vanilla essence |
300 g self raising flour |
2 teaspoons baking powder |
250 ml milk |
400 g icing sugar |
45 g cocoa powder |
80 ml milk |
80 ml boiling water |
200 g coconut, dessicated |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 150°C Grease and flour 2 20x15cm sponge tins.
2. Cream butter and sugar together in a food processor or using a hand mixer, then add eggs one at a time while mixing.
3. Add vanilla essence, then sieve in together the flour and baking powder slowly adding milk.
4. Pour mix into tins and bake for about 1 hour until a skewer comes out clean.
5. Turn into a wire rack to cool.
6. To make the icing sieve the icing sugar and cocoa together into a large bowl. Add milk and boiling water then stir until smooth.
7. Soread coconut onto a large platter.
8. Cut cakes into sqaures and using 2 forks dip into the chocolate icing, ensuring a even coating.
9. Then drop into the coconut and coat.
10. Repeat for each sponge square. Leave for about an hour before serving.
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