Easiest Ever Lamingtons
Lamingtons are my favourite cake and you also can’t get yourself a more Australian cake than the lamington. My issue is that to make them the original way takes too much time. When I want a lamington I’d like it now, I don’t want to produce a basic cake, wait per day (because new cake doesn’t cut or coat beautifully), then go through the dipping process.
Which means this easy cheat on traditional lamingtons is ideal. You could have clean lamingtons up for grabs in around thirty minutes, perfect if you have an abrupt craving or unforeseen visitors (or your children inform you as they are going to sleep that they have to consider something to talk about for any class party the next day).
This recipe relies on a bought sponge. You can buy a double level plain sponge on the supermarket. I choose the block sponge when it is on markdown and stash it within the fridge until I need to use it.
Having it iced helps speed up the making practice too – freezing cake is easier to cut into squares as well as the icing pieces faster. Needless to say you don’t have to use the wedding cake frozen, it’s that if it’s in the freezer you don’t need to thaw it.
Easiest Ever Lamingtons
2 cups icing sugar
Cut the sponge wedding cake into 7cm x 5cm (approximately) rectangles. Sift the icing sugars and cocoa right into a medium dish. Add the dairy and boiling drinking water and stir until simple. Pour the coconut into a small bowl. Work with a fork to independently drop the cakes into the chocolate icing then switch them over. Don’t keep them in the icing too long or they’ll go soggy – simply drop, cover and chicken feet outer membrane convert. When covered with icing remove using the fork and place them within the coconut. Convert the cakes over until they are protected in coconut. Place the lamingtons on the wedding cake rack until the icing is defined.
Here’s a vintage tip for finish your cakes with the icing. If you have a Tupperware Pick-a-Deli (the beetroot/pickle pot) place the icing in to the pot and then utilize the strainer to dip the cakes. Simply put one within the strainer, lower it in to the icing, lift it out, allow it drain for a couple of seconds and then tip the cake in to the coconut. Saves messing about with forks and getting drips everywhere.
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