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Lamingtons

Differentiate your lamingtons by picking your favorite jelly flavour to use for the icing.

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Lamingtons

Ingredients

  • 200g sponge block or sponge cake
  • chocolate icing
  • 2 cups fine desiccated coconut


CHOCOLATE ICING:

  • 2 Tbsp cocoa
  • 6 Tbsp boiling water
  • 25g butter, melted
  • 2¼cups Chelsea icing sugar
  • ¼tsp vanilla essence

Method

  1. Make or purchase the sponge the day before you need it.
  2. Dissolve the cocoa in the boiling water and mix in the butter. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and then pour in the cocoa mixture. Add vanilla and stir until well combined.
  3. Cut the sponge into 4cm squares and dip each square into the chocolate icing, then roll in fine desiccated coconut. Leave to dry on a wire rack. Cut a slit along the top of each cake and fill with whipped cream if desired.;

RASPBERRY LAMINGTONS:

  1. Dissolve a packet of raspberry jelly crystals according to the instructions on the packet. Or you could pick the flavour of your choice.
  2. Dip squares in the jelly when it thickens slightly and begins to set, roll in coconut and leave to dry.

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