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Title: Lamingtons
Post by: lcjtaylor on January 23, 2010, 01:27:53 pm
Does any body have a recipe for Lamingtons?
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: isi on January 23, 2010, 05:40:22 pm
Hi lcjtaylor!

This is a Recipe I found some time ago in a Book - I didn't know that it was a Australian speciality until last year :-))!
I find thouse very nice. Why not give them a try!!!

Ingredients

For the dough:
240 g flour
5 g baking powder
a pinch of salt
125 g margarine at room temperature
80 g Castor sugar
2 large eggs
5 ml vanilla essence
90 g of milk


For the chocolate sauce:
260 g of powdered sugar (icing sugar)
60 g cocoa powder
40 g margarine
90 g of milk

Shredded coconut (I bought a package of 200 g and still left).


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180 º C. Sprinkle pan and a square of 23 cm side and set aside.
Put in the flour, baking powder and salt in TMX  and set 10 sec / level 6. - Put in a other cup.
Without washing the TMX, pour the sugar and margarine and Set 1 min / level 4  
Next program the TMX 2 min / level 4 and whisk the eggs one by one and finally the vanilla.
With the machine still running add the milk at a time.
Finally add the flour and set about 30 sec / level 4 so that the mass is well mixed.
Bake in prepared pan for about 30 minutes or until cooked through.
Turn out the cake, let cool a little outdoors and then take it to the fridge for about 30 minutes.

To make the sauce combine all the ingredients in and set TMX 6 min / temp 90 º / 4 level.

Cut the cake into squares. Dip each square in chocolate sauce and then go through the coconut.
Take to the fridge before serving.

These are Delicious - I make them a lot but never took any photography of them - What a Pity!
regards
isi

members' comments

Debs - Yum.  We made these this morning.  Taste great. Thanks for the recipe.  

Chelsea - We made the lamington cake but it was a bit too firm/heavy.  I wondered if it needed a bit more liquid in the mix to soften it as the batter was extremely thick.  I decided not to make it up into lamingtons and have frozen the cake to make into a trifle down the track.  Waste not, want not.

Pam H - Thanks for the recipe isi, I made them and they did turn out a bit heavy too Chelsea but tasted delicious once they were finished. I wondered if I had done something wrong! Still learning TMX language but guess we are always learning something!! Had 3 grandkids here today and they finished off the lamingtons and said they were very delicious.

Thermomixer - Think I'd increase the amount of baking powder in the recipe ? or use Self Raising flour. Probably almost 2 teaspoons for 250g flour - but I may be wrong?  Not a big lamington baker.

JD - Most lamingtons I have tasted were made with sponge cake so these are obviously going to be heavier than that. Is the mixture like a pound cake texture?

Pam H - Yes judydawn I would say they are like pound cake texture or mine were anyway definitely not sponge cake that is why I thought I had done something wrong, still disappeared very quickly!!




Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: judydawn on January 24, 2010, 12:36:38 am
I don't believe it ??? ???  Isi from Portugal supplying us with an Australian icon recipe for lamingtons  :o :o :o  Is there no end to your knowledge isi, thank you so much for that  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: cathy79 on January 24, 2010, 12:38:59 am
I don't believe it ??? ???  Isi from Portugal supplying us with an Australian icon recipe for lamingtons  :o :o :o  Is there no end to your knowledge isi, thank you so much for that  :-* :-* :-*
Maybe she can post a pavlova recipe as well?
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: Thermomixer on January 24, 2010, 02:01:52 am
Love it !!!!   Maybe they were Portuguese, not Australian or New Zealand cakes !!!   ;D ;D ;D

Thanks Isi,  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: isi on January 24, 2010, 02:06:50 am
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
i don't know where they are from - I just know they are Delicious!!
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: Thermomixer on January 24, 2010, 02:07:58 am
One world - one cuisine - or at least one love of good food here.
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: cookie1 on January 24, 2010, 04:29:58 am
Thanks Isi. I laughed too as you were posting a recipe for one of our
'national' foods.   ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: lcjtaylor on January 24, 2010, 08:04:42 am
Thank-you so much, Do I have to do anything different to use the TM31
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: Thermomixer on January 24, 2010, 08:28:36 am
That should be TM 31 language - no changes really necessary
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: isi on January 24, 2010, 11:36:52 am
Exactly, I converted the recipe for TMX and has always gone well!
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: debs on January 26, 2010, 03:41:15 am
Yum.  We made these this morning.  Taste great. Thanks for the recipe.  :D
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on January 26, 2010, 10:54:21 am
We made the lamington cake yesterday, but it was a bit too firm/heavy.  I wondered if it needed a bit more liquid in the mix to soften it as the batter was extremely thick.  I decided not to make it up into lamingtons and have frozen the cake to make into a triffle down the track.  Waste not, want not. :)
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: Pam_H on January 27, 2010, 01:15:26 am
Thanks for the recipe isi, I made them yesterday,they did turn out a bit heavy too Chelsea but tasted delicious once they were finished. I wondered if I had done something wrong! Still learning TMX language  :-\ but guess we are always learning something!!
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: Thermomixer on January 27, 2010, 01:25:46 am
Think I'd increase the amount of baking powder in the recipe ? or use Self Raising flour

Probably almost 2 teaspoons for 250g flour - but I may be wrong?  Not a big lamington baker.
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: Pam_H on January 27, 2010, 06:34:27 am
I have 3 grandkids here today and they finished off the lamingtons and said they were very delicious Toby 7yr old gave me 1000 out of 1000 for them so there you go isi they are appreciated in this house ;D
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: judydawn on January 27, 2010, 07:10:25 am
Most lamingtons I have tasted were made with sponge cake so these are obviously going to be heavier than that. Is the mixture like a pound cake texture?  Glad to see your grandchildren giving them so many points Pam_H.
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: Pam_H on January 27, 2010, 08:28:13 am
Yes judydawn I would say they are like pound cake texture or mine were anyway definitely not sponge cake that is why I thought I had done something wrong  still disappeared very quickly!!
Title: Re: Lamingtons
Post by: isi on January 27, 2010, 04:34:40 pm
Hi
Look what I found for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMbhOyyP9iY&feature=channel

Perhaps this will help you
It is a different recipe than my - I will try this one too ;)

 :-* :-* :-*