Lamingtons

Nice easy recipe for making lamingtons, soft sponge cake coated in chocolate icing and rolled in coconut.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Yields: 16-18 slices

Ingredients

• SPONGE

• 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

• ICING

• 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.