[Sca-cooks] Lamingtons

Elaine Koogler kiridono at gmail.com
Sat Jan 29 08:40:19 PST 2011


Thanks, Papa.  But I don't think I ever had one....

Kiri

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Michael Gunter <dookgunthar at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>
> Per Wikipedia:
> A Lamington is a sponge cake in the shape of a cuboid, coated in a layer of
> traditionally
> chocolate icing then desiccated coconut. Lamingtons are sometimes served as
> two halves
> with a layer of cream and/or strawberry jam between, and are commonly found
> in Australasian
> outlets such as cafes, lunch bars, bakeries, and supermarkets. The
> raspberry variety is more
> common in New Zealand, while a lemon variety has been encountered in
> Australia.[1]
> The chocolate coating is a thin mixture, into which cubes of sponge cake
> (one cookbook states 4
> cm per side) are dipped, and the chocolate is absorbed into the outermost
> layers of the sponge
> where it sets. (Similarly, the strawberry jam or chocolate icing is
> absorbed into the sponge.)
> The cubes are then covered with coconut and left to set.
>
> Gunthar
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