Lamington Cake Recipe

 

 

Aussies call it Lamingtons but we like to call these Coconut Cake Delights. While having a bite of these we were confused as to if it was a cake or some coconut sweet or what?

Unlike Middle Eastern Basbousa, this cake is not made of coconut. Then? Wait for some more time till the mystery unfolds.

A wonderful dessert, very easy to make.

The credit for this recipe goes to Barry C. Parsons. To be honest, I didn't know about Lamingtons until I saw Lamingtons made by him. Though I  followed the method described by him on his website Rock Recipes.com for making these but followed my own recipe for the cake. I used eggless wheat cake for making these Lamington squares.

Also, instead of jello, I used simple fruit sauces for dipping cake pieces.

You can use any cake, eggless or with eggs, homemade or store-bought. What is needed is a vanilla sponge cake.

If you do not want to bake the cake yourself, no worries just go and grab one from the local bakery.

 

How To Make

• Firstly, you need a simple vanilla cake. You can make your own or use a readymade one.  
• Whichever cake you use, cut it into square pieces.
•  Then dip these cake squares in any coulis of your choice and finally rolled in shredded coconut.
• I made it in 3 flavors, strawberry, mango, and chocolate.
• Strawberries, yes, as I preserved these when in season and I still have these in my freezer. How to store Strawberries? Check here.

 

I made all the 3 flavors together as I had to gift these.

 

 

 

You can make any one or more as per your convenience.

Also, I have made these bite-sized, though actually, they should be slightly bigger in size.

 

 Special Tips For the Perfect Outcome

1. Freeze the cake squares

• Now comes a very important tip. And the tip is that before dipping cake pieces in fruit sauce, you must put them in the freezer for some time.
• This is to ensure that the cake piece doesn't crumble while dipping in the sauce.
• If they are slightly frozen, it becomes easy to dip these in sauce and then roll in coconut.
• Don't worry, they will soon become soft and spongy once out of the freezer.

2. Use both your hands

• Another important thing is the rolling part. Desiccated/shredded coconut gets moist very soon while rolling cake pieces because of the sauce and you might end up wasting a lot of it, as it looks good only when dry. For this, in addition to the method I have explained through photos below, use both your hands.
• Roll with one hand, once fully coated then gently pick it with the other hand. 

 

Related Recipes

•  Instant Coconut Laddoos  
• Chocolate Muffins  
• Basic Eggless Sponge Cake In Pressure Cooker
• Strawberry Sauce
• Chocolate Sauce

 

Step By Step Recipe

• Take a Vanilla sponge cake. Cut it into square pieces.

• Keep these pieces in the freezer for 2 to 3 hours.
• Prepare sauces.

• Dip the cake pieces in the sauce of your choice and keep these aside.

• Take desiccated coconut on a plate. Take little at a time.

• Put them in desiccated coconut, put some desiccated coconut all around, and roll gently.

 

 

• Put the coconut-coated lamingtons on parchment paper on a plate/tray.

• Keep these in the refrigerator for some time.
• Serve with love.

 

 

FAQs

Q) Is it necessary to use a square or rectangular cake for this recipe?

• No. But as the conventional Lamington are square-shaped only so we need to cut the cake in squares only. And if cut squares from a round cake then we end up wasting a lot of cake. 
• However, you can change the shape as per your convenience.

 

Q) Is it necessary to freeze the cake pieces before dipping in sauce?

• Yes. As the sponge cake is very soft so freezing hardens it up. If you dip it in fruit sauce without freezing then it will crumble in the sauce only.
• And don't worry, once it gets ready, it will again be soft.

 

Q) My dry desiccated coconut gets moist while I roll the cake pieces in it. How to avoid that?

• Firstly, dip 5 to 6 pieces and keep them separately in a plate.
• Secondly, use the other hand, which is totally dry, for lifting the coconut-coated lamingtons.

 

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