Lamingtons
Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Preparation Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 40 mins
Ingredients
- 1 butter recipe cake mix, baked in a greased 28 x 18cm lamington (a not too deep rectangular tin)
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 4 -5 tablespoons cocoa
- 1/2 cup boiling water (metric)
- 1/2 teaspoon butter
- 3 drops vanilla essence
- desiccated coconut
Recipe
- 1 for best results bake the cake the day before or, if you have stored the cake in the freezer, allow to defrost 24 hours before icing.
- 2 cut cake into 21 squares 2 chocolate icing: sift icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl.
- 3 mix in remaining ingredients except coconut and stir until smooth and shiny, using a little more water if necessary to reach the right consistency.
- 4 use immediately, keeping bowl over hot water.
- 5 add a little more boiling water if icing begins to thicken.
- 6 dip the squares of cake in icing.
- 7 a carving fork or skewer is useful.
- 8 allow to drip for a minute then roll in coconut.
- 9 leave on wire rack to cool.
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