Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Lamingtons

July 25, 2023 at 8:34 pm | Posted in BWD, cakes & tortes, groups, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 6 Comments
Tags: baking, brekkie, cake

Lamingtons are a treat I became well-acquainted with during the two years I lived in Sydney. Cake, chocolate and coconut…all my favorite things in one delicious square, and I could find them everywhere I sat down to a flat white. Back in this hemisphere, I have made lamingtons myself several times, although they are easier to buy in NYC now than they used to be, since a few Bourke Street Bakery locations have opened in the last few years and Aussie cafes continue to be all the rage. Lamington Day was on July 21, so I decided it was time to make a celebratory batch!

Dorie’s version of lamingtons uses a genoise sponge, made the day before, so the cake is less crumbly when cubing and coating in chocolate glaze. Sometimes, before getting dipped in glaze and rolled in coconut, the cake cubes are cut in half and sandwiched together with jam or cream (or jam and cream), but these ones are straight-up cake. The process of dipping and coconutting is a bit messy, but the set-up and procedure is not too dissimilar to a breading station for chicken cutlets. You have to wash your hands a few times along the way… it’s worth it. Desiccated coconut shreds are the usual shaggy covering for these treats, but I added a few larger chips to my mix as well, and for a friend who doesn’t like coconut, I coated a couple in chocolate flake sprinkles instead (an idea I took straight from MaddiCakes). These were so tasty, and I think that rather than getting drier over the next day or two, they got softer as the cake absorbed moisture from the liquidy glaze.

If you don’t have the book Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple by Dorie Greenspan yet, get it and join us as we bake through it every second and fourth Tuesdays! You can also find this recipe here. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll (be sure to visit our friend Mardi for lots more info on lamingtons!) and all the other participation deets over on Tuesdays with Dorie.

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Love your chocolate version of the genoise.

Comment by Judy— July 27, 2023 #

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Yours are lovely. Now I know I can get lamingtons at Burke Street.

Comment by Shirley @ EverOpenSauce— July 27, 2023 #

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- thanks! i don’t know if bourke street has them always or just on holidays, but i have gotten them there a couple of times…you can order a large full-sized lamington cake from them as well. the bluestone lane coffee shops are another place i’ve found lammos.
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— July 27, 2023 #
  
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Wow I didn’t know you lived in Australia, fun. I wish I had had some chocolate sprinkles. Glad that I was not the only one who needed extra glaze.

Comment by Diane Zwang— July 28, 2023 #

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Wow, how fun to live in Australia! Loved your post and I pick the double chocolate one…looks delicious! 😍

Comment by isthisakeeper— July 28, 2023 #

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Chocolate flakes are SUCH a smart idea! I’m tucking that one into the mental rolodex for later.

Comment by MaddiCakes— July 31, 2023 #

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