Lamington Cake.... An Australian cake

Lamington Cake is an Australian dessert of little cubes or squares of sponge cake, dipped in chocolate, then rolled in coconut.

This holiday season I have been to my sister's house in Bangalore. She recently bought an OTG. Kids started asking me to bake a cake starting from Day 1 I reached Bangalore. I have been postponing it and finally me and my sis planned to bake a cake. 

Kids started giving their own suggestions (actually their preference) of what flavoured cake needs to be baked. One wanted chocolate cake.... one wanted fondant cake.... one wanted frosting cake................. We said "Okay" to all and finally we decided to make Lamington Cake.🎂

Baking is one of my stress buster. I have been baking since 2 years and I wanted to try something new this time. So, I decided to make Lamington cake and it came out very well. Kids loved it to such an extent that they called me "Super Chef". 👨‍🍳

Here is the recipe of the cake.

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour 250gm
• Sugar  200gm
• Eggs    3
• Butter   100gm
• Vanilla essence 1 tbsp
• Baking powder 1 tbsp
• Milk 3/4th cup
• Chocolate bar (can take dairy milk)
• Grated fresh coconut

Procedure:

1. Set the oven to preheat for 10 mins at 180 degrees.
2. Sieve the flour. Put it aside.
3. Powder the sugar.
4. In a big vessel mix sugar and butter with a beater.
5. Add eggs one by one and mix it uniformly with beater.
6. Add vanilla essence, baking powder and mix it.
7. Now add the flour in parts and mix it with spatula. (I continue mixing with beater only. But actual procedure is to mix with spatula in cut and fold method).
8. Add milk and mix it uniformly such that no lumps are visible.
9. Apply butter to the baking pan and dust it with flour. Pour the cake mixture in to it.
10. Bake it in the oven for 30 mins at 180 degrees.
11. Ensure that cake is baked on all sides by pricking it with toothpick.

Making Lamington cake:

• Once the cake is separated from the baking pan, cut it into small cubes/squares/or any shape.
• Take chocolate pieces in a small bowl.
• Take very hot water in big mouth vessel and place the small bowl with chocolate pieces and melt it.
• Pour the melted chocolate in plate and take desiccated coconut in another plate.
• Roll the cake piece first in melted chocolate and later in coconut plate.

Yummy lamington cake is ready to eat. 

Jyothi.