Lamingtons Australian Specialty Cake <澳洲> 拉明顿蛋糕, 巧克力椰丝方块蛋糕

Lamingtons are an Australian specialty cake (sponge, butter, or pound). These small squares (cubes) of cake are dipped in a chocolate frosting/icing and then covered/rolled in coconut.


Lamingtons are commonly found in South African and Australasian outlets such as cafes, lunch bars, bakeries, home industries and supermarkets.

Laminton Chocolate with Hawaiian Coconut Flake

巧克力拉明顿椰丝方块蛋糕

 

<澳洲 /澳大利亚> 拉明顿蛋糕, 巧克力椰丝方块蛋糕

 Here are the ingredients:

Lamington Ingredients

Chocolate Frosting: Place the confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, butter and milk in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir the mixture until it becomes smooth and of pouring consistency.

Preparing Chocolate Frosting

Hawaiian Coconut Flake / 椰丝

Ready baked butter, sponge or pound cake.

Cut into cubes (squares)

Dip, spoon or ladle the chocolate frosting over each square of cake, making sure you cover all sides.

Get ready the Coconut Flake

Roll the cake in the coconut, covering all side

Gently transfer the lamington to a clean wire rack to set.

Once the Lamingtons have set, it can be stored in an airtight container for several days.

Delicious Lamingtons

 For this Lamingtons, I use the butter cake, here are the recipe:

Preheat oven at 170'C for at least 10 minutes. Bake for 35 - 45 minutes, or until cake skewer come out clean.
Cake tray : 9x9 or 10x10

And the Chocolate Frosting/Icing recipe:

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 Recently I got a chance to see the whole process of making tiramisu from a friend. Thank you Joey Wong for sharing.

"Tiramisu, [tiɾamiˈsu], literally "pick me up", is a popular Italian dessert. "

意大利語中意思是「带我走！」，故譯作提拉米蘇更爲適切。

「带我走」（pick-me-up)之说指涉配方中含咖啡因的浓缩咖啡与可可共振带来的轻量兴奋作用。


This tiramisu is using sponge cake instead of lady-fingers (biscuits).


Here are some photos taken during the process.

Prepare a Sponge Cake

Cut into desired layers

Double boil gelatine and sugar

In a separate bowl, double boil eggs

Pour the gelatine and eggs into beated cream cheese with coffee flavor syrup

Beat until creamy

Whipping Cream

Transfer mixture to a bowl

Whisk cream until thicken (soft peak), then add in a little cream cheese mixture

Pour whisked cream into cream cheese mixture

Mixed well tiramisu filling

Place a sponge layer then follow by tiramisu filling

Level the surface before adding another layer

Final layer of sponge cake

Top with tiramisu filling and smooth the surface

Ready to chill in refrigerator until set

Use a hair dryer to heat up the cake ring a bit for easy removal

Removed from cake ring

Ready to serve