Lamington cake - a delicious Snack

Lamington cake is a butter or sponge cake in the shape of cubes, coated with coconut and frosting. The following is a quick recipe to make these beautiful cakes in your own home. 

Ingredients 

125 grams room temperature, unsalted butter 

125 grams caster sugar 

Two slightly beaten eggs 

250g self-raising flour 

A pinch of salt 

Four tablespoons milk 

One teaspoon vanilla extract 

For glaze:

400g icing sugar 

100 g cocoa powder 

175 ml boiling water 

200 grams coconut 

First you must beat sugar and butter together in a bowl until mixture is creamy and pale. Next, beat the eggs into the mixture, a small amount at a time until well mixed in. Add the flour and salt and fold into creamed mixture with vanilla and milk. On another note, you can just beat all cake ingredients together using a food processor until mixture is very nice and smooth. 

Transfer mixture to a well-oiled and base lined cake tin. Smooth surface of the mixture level with a palette knife and bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about half an hour until it has risen and is firm to touch. So leave the whole mixture to cool for about 5 minutes and loosen the edges, then turn it out onto a wire rack and rake off lining paper. This should then be left out overnight. 

To make glaze, put the cocoa powder and icing sugar in a mixing bowl, to a well in center and add boiling water to create a smooth chocolate icing that will pour consistent. 

Cut the cake into 24 sections. Use two forks to dip each slice in the frosting and then immediately coat with coconut slice. So leave it to put on some baking paper. 

This delicious cake will serve up to 24 people, preparation time is 20 minutes plus overnight standing, and cooking time is about 30 minutes.