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Lamington Cake

January 25, 2013 By Spoonful of Sugar - 8 Comments

We would love to wish all of our Australian readers a very Happy Australia Day! Hope you have a relaxing day celebrating with family and friends.

To help celebrate Australia Day in true Aussie style, Sarah has baked us a delicious Lamington Cake. It consists of two layers of sponge cake, sandwiched together with vanilla buttercream, and then covered in a chocolate icing with dessicated coconut. A fun twist on the Aussie classic.

Sponge Cake

Make up a basic Sponge Cake and bake it in two square tins. You can find the recipe Sarah used over here at Donna Hay. Allow the cake to cool and then sandwich together with Vanilla Buttercream, and coat in chocolate icing.

Vanilla Buttercream

60 g butter (1/2 stick), softened
1 1/2 cups icing (confectioners sugar)
1 -2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method:
Place the butter in a large mixing bowl and on medium speed of an electric mixer beat until smooth. Add  the sugar, 2 tablespoons of milk, and vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy, about 5-7 minutes. Gradually add the remaining milk or until the icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency. 

Sandwich the cooled sponge cake together with the buttercream.

Chocolate Icing

  • 2 cups (360g) icing (confectioner’s) sugar
  • 2/3 cup (50g) cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoons (60ml) boiling water
  • 50g butter, melted
  • Shredded coconut, to coat

Method:
Sift together the icing sugar and cocoa. Mix with the boiling water and melted butter. Spread the top and sides of the cake with chocolate icing and sprinkle with desiccated coconut. Allow to set.

You may also be interested in other Australian themed posts –

  • Lamingtons
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Comments

  1. Quinn says

    January 25, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    That looks yummy! Happy Australia Day! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Melody says

    January 25, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    Yum, yum what a great idea.

    Reply
  3. Marissa says

    January 25, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    Happy Australia Day! That sure looks yummy

    Reply
  4. Chocolate Cat says

    January 26, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    We are having our Australia Day lunch today, roast lamb and lamington muffins! Sarah’s cake looks great.

    Reply
  5. Fiona @ Dragonfly-Crafts says

    January 28, 2013 at 2:55 am

    Happy Australia Day Girls. Love everything that you’ve been making lately too 🙂

    Reply
  6. oldsarummum says

    January 27, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    Sunday night is the time I remember I have to bake a cake for the Monday morning Community Cafe! Feeling uninspired I checked back to see what your last yummy baking post contained, and now I am off to bake Lamingtons, so thank you for the idea 🙂

    Off topic: spammers love your comments section don’t they?!

    Reply
  7. Shannon says

    January 27, 2013 at 5:41 pm

    This sounds absolutely delicious! I haven’t been by your blog for awhile, but have been diligently following you on pinterest. As always, love your creative baking and crafting! I hope that you had a very Happy Australia day!

    Reply
  8. Ea Senga says

    January 28, 2013 at 1:10 am

    this brings back memories of my vacation in Australia when i was a child. i love lamingtons!

    Reply

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