Lamingtons (Classic)

Name: Lamingtons (Classic)
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 250g butter, softened; 1 cup caster sugar; 4 eggs; 2 cups self-raising flour; 1/2 cup whole milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3 cups icing sugar; 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 1/2 cup boiling water; 3 tbsp butter, melted; 3 cups desiccated coconut

Classic Australian sponge squares dipped in chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut, a much-loved teatime treat.

Total time

120 min

Prep

90 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

250gbutter, softened

1 cupcaster sugar

4eggs

2 cupsself-raising flour

1/2 cupwhole milk

1 tspvanilla extract

3 cupsicing sugar

1/2 cupcocoa powder

1/2 cupboiling water

3 tbspbutter, melted

3 cupsdesiccated coconut

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar. Add eggs, then fold in flour, milk and vanilla.

Pour into a lined 20x30cm tin. Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes. Cool completely. Freeze 1 hour.

Cut into squares. Make icing: mix icing sugar, cocoa, water and melted butter.

Dip each square in chocolate icing, then coat in coconut.

Place on a rack to set.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

1825

Protein

21g

Fat

107.8g

Carbs

212.6g

Fiber

17.5g

Sodium

496mg

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