Lamington Cake

Ingredients

• •225g softened butter
• •225g caster sugar
• •4 eggs
• •225g self-raising flour
• •60ml milk
• •1 tsp vanilla extract
• •250g dark chocolate
• •60g butter
• •200g desiccated coconut

Directions

1. 1Preheat oven to 180°C and grease a square 20cm cake tin. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in eggs one at a time with vanilla extract.
2. 2Fold in flour alternately with milk until combined. Pour into tin and bake for 25-30 minutes until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
3. 3Cool completely, then cut cake into 24 even squares.
4. 4Melt chocolate with butter in a heatproof bowl over simmering water. Spread coconut onto a plate.
5. 5Using two forks, dip each cake square into chocolate to coat, then roll in coconut. Place on baking paper to set for 30 minutes.

💡 Lamington sponge should be fully cool before dipping; warm cake breaks under chocolate coating and absorbs too much icing.

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