Kiwi Lamingtons

Name: Kiwi Lamingtons
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 250g butter, softened; 1 cup caster sugar; 4 eggs; 2 cups self-raising flour; 1/2 cup milk; raspberry jam for centres; 3 cups icing sugar; 1/3 cup cocoa powder; 1/2 cup boiling water; 3 tbsp butter, melted; 3 cups desiccated coconut

New Zealand-style lamingtons with a raspberry jam centre and coconut coating. Freezing the sponge for an hour before cutting it into squares gives clean, sharp edges instead of the cake crumbling apart as it's handled.

Total time

120 min

Prep

90 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

New Zealand

vegetarian

Ingredients

250gbutter, softened

1 cupcaster sugar

4eggs

2 cupsself-raising flour

1/2 cupmilk

raspberry jamfor centres

3 cupsicing sugar

1/3 cupcocoa powder

1/2 cupboiling water

3 tbspbutter, melted

3 cupsdesiccated coconut

Instructions

Bake a plain vanilla sponge: beat butter and sugar, add eggs, fold in flour and milk. Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.

Cool and freeze 1 hour. Cut into squares and cut each in half horizontally.

Fill with raspberry jam and replace tops.

Dip in chocolate icing and roll in coconut.

Set on a rack.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1810

Protein

20g

Fat

107.1g

Carbs

209.6g

Fiber

15.7g

Sodium

495mg

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