Lamington Style Cake

Name: Lamington Style Cake
Yield: 20cm Square Cake Tin
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: <Basic Butter Cake>; 125 g Butter *cut into small pieces, softened at room temperature; 1/2 cup Caster Sugar; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract; 2 large Eggs *room temperature; 1/2 cup Buttermilk OR Milk *room temperature; 1 & 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour; <Icing & Coating>; 1 cup Icing Sugar; 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder; 20 g Butter *melted; 2 tablespoons Boiling Water; Desiccated Coconut for coating

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

‘Lamington’ is an Australian cake, made with Butter Cake OR Sponge Cake, cut into square pieces, dipped into soft Chocolate Icing to coat all over, then rolled in Desiccated Coconut. You need to make enormous amount of Chocolate Icing to make ‘Lamington’. The cake pieces are often sliced and sandwich whipped cream OR jam, OR both. You can imagine how sweet they are. My ‘Lamington Style Cake’ is less sweet and you don’t need enormous amount of Chocolate Icing.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

20cm Square Cake Tin

Butter Cake>
125 gButter *cut into small pieces, softened at room temperature
1/2 cupCaster Sugar
1 teaspoonVanilla Extract
2large Eggs *room temperature
1/2 cupButtermilk OR Milk *room temperature
1& 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour
1 cupIcing Sugar
2 tablespoonsCocoa Powder
20 gButter *melted
2 tablespoonsBoiling Water
Desiccated Coconut for coating

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 170°C. Line the base and sides of a square cake tin with baking paper. *Note: To help the cake to rise evenly, you can butter the baking paper on the sides.
2

Beat the softened Butter in a mixing bowl with a whisk until smooth. Add Sugar and Vanilla Extract, and beat until creamy. Add Eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3

Add Buttermilk and Self-Raising Flour, and mix well. Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until cooked through.
4

Stand the cake in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool.
5

To make Chocolate Icing, place Icing Sugar and Cocoa Powder in a bowl, and mix well. Then add Butter and Boiling Water, and stir until smooth. Set aside to cool slightly.
6

Spread the Chocolate Icing over the cooled cake and sprinkle with Desiccated Coconut while the icing is still wet. Cut the cake into cubes.