Any Lamington Afficianados Out There?

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

In the two days since I have become aware of their existence I have become kind of pre-occupied with the Australian delicacy. It just looks really good! Unfortunately I live 10,000 miles from the source so getting them would prove difficult. So I need a vicarious experience. Anybody enjoy these and what different kinds have you have? What other dessert would you compare them to?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamington

 

[scotpens]

Just get the ingredients and make them yourself. That's the whole idea of Lamingtons -- a bunch of friends get together and assemble them, then see how many they can eat before they puke. They're basically the Australian version of s'mores.

 

[SmoothieX]

Looks like a cube shaped turd with mold growing on it.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Sometimes they have a layer of thin red jam running through the cube, sometimes they don't. Additionally sometimes they have cream on top of the thin layer of jam but that's not as common as just jam. You can buy them everywhere, every bakery freshly made and in packets in the supermarket. They are pretty much all good but sometimes you get ones that are just perfect, fresh soft, springly sponge, quality chocolate soaking in the surface area, just the right amount of jam in the middle.

Yes they are easy to make, you could even get some fresh excellent sponge already made and that would skip the main step.

http://australianfood.about.com/od/bakingdesserts/r/Lamingtons.htm

You can also get lamington cakes which are just that, a big lamington in cake shape. A supermarket near me used to make huge ones, about six inch cubes and call them monster lamingtons.

I met someone once who did not care for lamingtons. That person clearly had some kind of problem.

 

[Australis]

Lamingtons! Brilliant!

And there's also lamington drives. Not a FTL system fueled by delicious cakey substances, but selling campaigns to fund community projects, and they're usually successful.

 

[scotpens]

By most accounts, lamingtons were named after Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901 -- although no one knows exactly why. Supposedly the man hated the sweet treats named in his honor, calling them "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits."

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Here's a pic of one I am eating right now.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Mmmmmm caaake!


I am curious is it a true lamington without the dessicated coconut? I am not a big coconut fan and i liked to know there are some people in my corner. Please tell me there is a Lilliputian style war going on about this.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

You need the coconut as the chocolate soaked into the sponge would be sticky without it (it's quite sticky). I have never seen one without the coconut. I'm not a fan of dessicated coconut either but on the lamington it works.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Hmmm, thanks. I just may have to take a stab at making them myself.

 

[Candlelight]

New Zealand does a good raspberry variant.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Oh I've had the raspberry ones!

Excellent stuff

 

[Australis]

Hmmm, thanks. I just may have to take a stab at making them myself.

It will be worth your while.