Australia Day Lamingtons - Mouths of Mums

Australia Day is the perfect time to feast on lamingtons and believe it or not they are easy to make!

Ingredients:

1/3 cup cornflour
1/3 cup plain flour
1/3 cup self-raising flour
4 eggs
2/3 cup caster sugar
2 cups icing sugar
1 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup softened butter
1 tbls hot water
2 cups desiccated coconut

Method:

Sift flours into a bowl – sift three times to make sponge airy.
In a separate bowl beat eggs and sugar together for 6 minutes or until pale.
Sift flour into egg mix a little bit at a time and use a spatula to combine carefully.
Pour mixture into a pan.
Cook cake into oven for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.
Allow to cool.
To make icing, combine icing sugar, butter, cocoa powder and water.
Cut up cake into squares and dip into icing and roll in desiccated coconut.
Place on a wire rack to set.
EAT!

These are so delicious.

Although you can buy a sponge cake and just cut it up to make lamingtons, making your own tastes so much better.

Make some this Australia Day.

Watch the YouTube video for easy to follow visual instructions:

What’s your favourite Australian dessert?

PLEASE share with us in the comments below

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54 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 05 Aug 2024
    10:00 am
Seriously cant beat a good lamington. They are great heated and served with a little custard also

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 15 Feb 2022
    6:52 pm
Thank you for sharing. I never made one before.

- - rovermum said
  - 31 Jan 2022
    10:17 am
Lamingtons remind me of my childhood with my Mum and Nanna making various options – chocolate, strawberry and lime lamingtons!

- - tessie said
  - 30 Jan 2022
    12:30 pm
The plain lamingtons are my favourite, not so keen on the ones with jam added to them. My favourite Australian dessert has got to be the basic trifle that my Nanna used to make.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 29 Jan 2022
    8:51 am
Nothing beats a good lamington.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 28 Jan 2022
    12:29 am
Yum! My kids adore lamingtons. This would be a good baking activity to do too

- - Frankiielot said
  - 27 Jan 2022
    10:57 pm
Hubby loves lamingtons.
Unfortunately I’m not the biggest fan as I don’t like sponge or coconut..
Would be nice to try this recipe though to see how I go.

- - mom101628 said
  - 27 Mar 2020
    10:05 pm
Thanks for your recipe – home made are so great. I well remember making them in the old days for school fetes and they were the best.

- - mom81879 said
  - 14 Feb 2020
    3:24 pm
Home made lamingtons are so messy to make and require a bit of time, but they are so darn delicious! Can’t beat home made

- - rovermum said
  - 29 Jan 2020
    9:39 am
Ahhhh, lamingtons take me back to my childhood. Mum used to make chocolate, raspberry, lime and yellow ones.

- - DaffyD said
  - 28 Jan 2020
    6:05 pm
Thanks for the recipe, I totally cheated and bought them this year

- - mom325275 said
  - 27 Jan 2020
    9:01 pm
I love lamingtons

- - celebrity said
  - 27 Jan 2020
    10:57 am
I love lamingtons however the ones you buy today aren’t the same. The icing is not chocolatey, I do not think they use cocoa powder nowadays in commercial bakeries.

- - tessie said
  - 26 Jan 2020
    11:55 am
My Nanna used to make the most light and airy lamingtons. I could never get them like hers. One day I might have to give them a go

- - taynik46 said
  - 26 Jan 2020
    8:20 am
In all of my 42 years I have never ever attempted lamingtons – maybe I will give this a try they do look great! It does seem like fairly easy recipe to follow also

- - mom322089 said
  - 26 Jan 2020
    7:11 am
looks fairly easy although as much as baking can be enjoyable, would probably end up with tough lamingtons so would prefer to buy them and enjoy with cuppa.

- - Petal53 said
  - 25 Jan 2020
    11:47 pm
My mum and nan used to make the most amazing lamingtons – and I also made quite a few batches under the guidance. Nowadays I’m probably just not into cooking like I used to be – maybe I just don’t have the time.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 25 Jan 2020
    9:19 pm
We always enjoy Lamingtons, especially on Australia Day!

- - mom90758 said
  - 25 Jan 2020
    1:41 pm
They look so nice and soft!

- - ashna9 said
  - 25 Jan 2020
    12:59 pm
Easy to make but cheaper just to buy a pack really.