Lamingtons

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    9hrs 5mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    804
based on 3 ratings

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

recipe updated Sep 10, 2018

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    250g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    300g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    200g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    5ml
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    250g
  • Ground almonds icon
    Ground almonds
    120g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    7g
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    58g
  • Unsweetened shredded coconut icon
    Unsweetened shredded coconut
    500g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    15g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    50ml
  • Water icon
    Water
    175ml
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    200g
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    450g

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • 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
  2. Prepare a baking pan with parchment paper
  3. Get a clean stand mixer bowl
  4. Add room temperature unsalted butter
  5. Add granulated sugar
  6. Cream together until light and fluffy
  7. Mix in egg one by one
  8. Mix in vanilla extract
  9. Add all purpose flour
  10. Add ground almonds
  11. Add baking powder
  12. Add zest of lemon
  13. Mix until combined
  14. Transfer batter to baking pan
  15. Bake for 25min until skewer tests clean
  16. Transfer to cooling rack
  17. Cut into squares
  18. Let rest for approx 8h
  19. Get a clean medium bowl
  20. Add unsweetened shredded coconut
  21. Get a clean medium glass bowl
  22. Add cocoa powder
  23. Add milk
  24. Whisk together
  25. Add boiling water
  26. Whisk together until smooth
  27. Mix in chopped dark chocolate
  28. Mix in powdered sugar
  29. Dip cake
  30. Chill in fridge until set
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