Pretty Pink Lamingtons
Serves: 12 - 14
Ingredients
Lamingtons
250 g (1 C) butter
300 g (2 C) caster sugar
4 eggs
500 g (4 C) self-raising flour
1 ml (¼ t) salt
2.5 ml (½ t) vanilla essence
250 ml (1 C) milk
Filling
200 g butter
200 g icing sugar
2 – 3 drops pink food colouring
45 ml – 65 ml (3 T – ¼ C) Rhodes Strawberry Jam
Glaze
385 g (3 C) icing sugar
125 ml (½ C) milk
30 ml (2 T) butter
a few drops of pink food colouring
250 g (2 C) desiccated coconut
Method
Cream the butter and the sugar using an electric mixer until pale and and fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift together the flour and the salt.
Mix together the milk and the vanilla essence.
Alternating a few spoonfuls at a time, add the flour and the milk to the batter.
Spoon the batter into a rectangular baking pan/dish which has been sprayed with non-stick spray.
Bake the sponge in an oven which has been preheated to 180˚C for 35 minutes or until the cake is golden and firm.
Remove from the oven and cool.
To make the filling, cream the butter until pale and light.
Beat in the icing sugar until smooth.
Beat in the pink food colouring.
Add 45 ml (3 T) Rhodes Strawberry Jam and beat well.
Add extra Rhodes Strawberry Jam as desired to taste.
Once the cake is completely cool, use a serrated knife to cut the cake in half horizontally.
Spread the strawberry filling in an even, thin layer in the middle and sandwich the cake back together.
Cover well with cling wrap and refrigerate overnight to set.
Trim the cake and cut into 12 equal sized pieces.
To make the glaze, place the icing sugar into a heat proof bowl and whisk in the milk.
Place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and stir until the icing is warm.
Whisk in the butter until melted.
Remove from the heat and add the pink food colouring until desired colour is reached.
Using two forks, dip each lamington in the glaze.
Allow any excess glaze to run off.
Roll the lamington in the coconut until evenly covered on all sides.
Leave to set on a tray lined with baking paper before serving.
Cooking Tip
Crumble the trimmings of the cake and use them to make cake pops
