Recipe: Perfect Australian Lamingtons !!

Australian Lamingtons !!.

You can have Australian Lamingtons !! using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Australian Lamingtons !!

1. Prepare of CAKE BASE.
2. It's 1 1/2 cup of selfraising flour - sifted ..
3. Prepare 1/3 cup of cornflour - sifted ..
4. You need 185 grams of - butter . softened.
5. Prepare 1 cup of caster sugar.
6. You need 2 tsp of vanilla essence.
7. It's 3 of eggs ..
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
9. It's of CHOCOLATE SAUCE ICING.
10. Prepare 4 cup of - icing sugar.
11. You need 1/3 cup of cocoa - extra can be added if taste desires ..
12. You need 30 grams of - butter.
13. It's 2/3 cup of milk ..
14. Prepare of TOP COAT.
15. Prepare 3 cup of shredded coconut ..

Australian Lamingtons !! step by step

1. CAKE BASE : Preheat oven to 180'C / 360°F . Brush a shallow 23cm square cake tin with melted butter or oil and line base and sides of tin (slice tin) with baking paper ..
2. Place sifted flour and cornflour into a large bowl and add the butter , sugar , vanilla essence , lightly beaten eggs and the milk and using an electric mixer , beat on low speed for one minute or until all ingredients are just moist then beat on high for 3 - 5 minutes until mixture is free from lumps , smooth and increased in volume ..
3. Pour mixture into prepared tin and smooth the surface then bake for approximately 55 minutes or until skewer come out clean when inserted into the centre of cake . Let cooked cake stand in the tin for about 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack . let cake cool completely ..
4. CHOCOLATE SAUCE TOPPING : Sift icing sugar and cocoa combine with butter and milk in a medium heatproof bowl and stir over a pan of hot water ( double boiler ) and stir until icing is smooth and glossy ..
5. COATING THE CAKES : Trim and level brown top and sides from the cake leaving it a bare even cake . Cut cake into even square individual pieces ..
6. Using 2 forks , to hold one cake square , roll cake piece into chocolate icing mix , making sure to coat the cake in chocolate all over , then holding it over the icing bowl to allow excess to drain off . now roll chocolate coated cake squares into the tray of coconut and roll around to coat all over the chocolate , then place on a wise rack to set properly and repeat with all remaining cake squares . add extra coconut for rolling in if needed . serve and enjoy . :-) ..
7. HINT : 1. Cake is easier to handle if made the day before cutting and coating ..
8. 2 . You can use a premade sponge or butter cake to cut and coat ..
9. 3 . They can be filled with jam and or cream before coating ..