Lamingtons

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I spent Sunday making these traditional Australian cakes while listening to The Beautiful Girls and dreaming of summer.

Recipe:

 

Cake

2 cups flour 

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 melted butter

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla 

1/2 cup milk

Icing 

3 cups confectioners sugar 

1/3 unsweetened cocoa powder 

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 milk

1/2 boiling water 

 

Coating 

2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut 

Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter and flour a 8 inch square pan.
2. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. 
3. In a separate bowl mix butter, sugar, eggs vanilla and milk. 
4. Add the flour mixture in the liquid mixture in three parts 
5. Place the mixed ingredient into the pan. Take the time to make the smooth the top with an offset spatula.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. 
7. Cool the cake for 10 minutesi in pan
8. . Remove from pan and cool.
9. Once cooled place in the fridge for 2 hours (or overnight)   

Icing

1. Boil water.
2. Combine sugar, cocoa, vanilla, milk and boiling water. 
3. Whisk the ingredient until there are no more lumps. 

Assembling

1. Cut your cake into 16 pieces. 
2. Place the coconut in a shallow bowl. 
3. Have a tray ready to put your finished Lamingtons on. 
4. Dip one cake at a time into the icing and then coat with coconut, repeat with each cake. 
5. Store in an airtight container for several days and enjoy! If you would like to listen to a great Australian band you can find some of their music at www.thebeautifulgirls.com or on Grooveshark.