Lamington cake or lamington is prepared with chocolate sauce rolled in coconut powder. The chocolate on the cake partially penetrates the cake and holds itself.
Lamington cake has a relatively firm texture and is suitable for serving with tea and coffee in the evening.
How to prepare Australian lamington cake is very simple, but it looks stylish and attractive for parties, and its chocolate coating makes it more delicious.
In the classic Australian lamington cake recipe, the cake batter is poured into a square mold and cut into squares.
To create variety, we will teach you some examples of Australian lamington cake recipe, which is also known as chocolate lamington cake. The type of preparation of homemade lamington cake dough and chocolate sauce on the cake in these recipes are slightly different, and you can choose and prepare one of them according to your taste and the ingredients you have available.
Australian lamington cake
Australian lamington cake ingredients:
300 grams of flour
Sugar 160 grams
2 eggs
90 grams of softened butter at room temperature
1/2 cup milk
Baking powder 2 teaspoons
Vanilla 1/4 teaspoon
Salt 1/8 teaspoon
Ingredients for chocolate sauce:
Dark chocolate 150 grams
Breakfast cream 50 grams
5 tablespoons of milk
Cocoa powder 20 grams
Powdered sugar 200 grams
Coconut powder about 1/5 cup
How to make Australian lamington cake:
First, heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Line the bottom of a 20 cm square pan or a 23 cm round pan with parchment paper.
Beat sugar and butter at room temperature for 3-4 minutes until creamy and light.
Add the eggs one by one and beat for 1 minute each time.
Add vanilla and stir.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt in advance and sift 3 times.
Add flour and milk in three steps and mix until the cake batter is uniform.
The dough of this cake is thick and after pouring it into the mold, you should smooth the surface of the dough with the back of a spoon.
Leave the mold in the oven for 40 minutes until it cooks and turns golden on top.
To check if the cake is cooked, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If it is clean and the cake does not stick to it, it means the cake is cooked.
Place the mold aside for 15 minutes to cool down, then remove the cake from the mold and transfer it to a wire rack and let it cool completely.
After cooling the cake, prepare the chocolate sauce.
Cut the chocolate into pieces and put it together with cream, milk, cocoa powder and sugar powder into a small container and place it on the heat of the steam of a kettle or microwave and stir from time to time until the chocolate melts completely.
Cut the cooled cake with a sharp knife into small squares of 4-5 cm.
Dip the cut cakes in the chocolate sauce with the help of a spoon and take them out of the sauce with a fork and wait for the extra chocolate to be added and immediately roll them in coconut powder and put them in the dish of your choice.
Your Australian Leamington Cake is ready.
Chocolate Lamington Cake:
Ingredients for chocolate lamington cake:
Butter 1 cup
Sugar 1 cup
Vanilla 1 teaspoon
3 eggs
1 cup of milk
Breakfast cream 200 grams
Sufficient amount of coconut powder
Dark chocolate 200 grams
Baking powder 2 teaspoons
Flour 350 grams
Sufficient amount of liquid oil
How to make chocolate lamington cake:
To prepare this Lamington cake method, mix softened butter and sugar with a mixer until it becomes creamy and thick.
Add vanilla and mix again.
Add the eggs one by one to the cake and mix each time until it is uniform and has a creamy and light texture.
Add milk and mix.
Sieve the flour and baking powder 3 times and add it to the ingredients little by little and stir with a whisk until it is incorporated.
Grease the bottom of a 20 cm round mold with liquid oil and pour the cake batter into the mold and place it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees Celsius for 45 minutes to cook.
Take the cake out of the oven and remove it from the mold after cooling.
To prepare the chocolate on the cake, put the chocolate and cream in a bowl and put it on the steam of the kettle until the chocolate melts.
Pour the chocolate sauce on the cake and decorate with coconut powder.
Your chocolate lamington cake is ready to serve with tea and coffee. You can cut it as you like and eat it.
* You can make the cake in layers and use cream or chocolate sauce or any kind of sauce in between.
Homemade lamington cake:
Ingredients for homemade lamington cake:
1 and a half cups of flour
Baking powder 1 and a half teaspoons
A quarter of a teaspoon of salt
Sugar 1 cup
Half a cup of butter
2 large eggs
A little vanilla
Half a pint of milk
Ingredients for chocolate sauce:
Butter 75 grams
1 cup of milk
Powdered sugar 3 cups
Half a cup of cocoa powder
How to make homemade lamington cake:
To prepare homemade lamington cake, set aside all the ingredients for 2 hours before they come to room temperature.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt 3 times. Turn on the oven at 180 degrees. Melt the butter and set aside to cool.
Beat the eggs with sugar until they become thick and creamy and the sugar dissolves completely.
Add milk and mix. Add flour little by little and mix with a whisk. Add butter and mix.
Pour the dough into a 20 x 10 cm mold covered with parchment paper and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
Take the mold out of the oven and leave it aside for 5 minutes until it cools down, then put the cake back on a wire rack and remove the greaseproof paper and wait for it to cool completely.
Then cut into squares.
To prepare the chocolate sauce, mix all the ingredients and stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves completely.
Put the pieces of cake in the sauce and then put them in the coconut powder and put them in the dish of your choice. Your homemade lamington cake is ready.
