Lamingtons

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    9hrs 5mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    804
based on 4 ratings

Delicious bite-sized cakes, dunked in chocolate and coated liberally in coconut. An Australian favorite.

recipe updated Jun 23, 2021

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    250 g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    300 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    4
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    250 g
  • Ground almonds icon
    Ground almonds
    120 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    1
  • Unsweetened shredded coconut icon
    Unsweetened shredded coconut
    500 g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    15 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    50 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    175 g
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    200 g
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    450 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Medium glass bowl
  • kCook icon Stand mixer bowl
  • kCook icon Baking pan - 13 x 9"

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 160°C
  2. Grease and line a clean baking pan with parchment paper
  3. Add unsalted butter and granulated sugar to a clean stand mixer bowl
  4. Cream together until light and fluffy
  5. Mix in egg to the batter one by one
  6. Mix in vanilla extract to the batter
  7. Add all purpose flour, ground almonds, baking powder and lemon to the batter
  8. Mix until combined
  9. Transfer batter to baking pan
  10. Bake until skewer tests clean - 25 min, 160°C
  11. Transfer onto cooling rack
  12. Cut into squares
  13. Let rest - approx 8 hr
  14. Add unsweetened shredded coconut to a clean medium bowl and set aside
  15. Add cocoa powder and milk to a clean medium glass bowl
  16. Whisk together
  17. Add water to the chocolate mixture
  18. Whisk together until smooth
  19. Mix in dark chocolate to the chocolate mixture
  20. Mix until smooth
  21. Mix in powdered sugar to the chocolate mixture
  22. Mix until smooth
  23. Dip cake
  24. Chill in fridge until set
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