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Larousse Gastronomique (page 598) defines a lamington as ‘a small Australian cake, made from a square of sponge coated in chocolate icing and dipped in dessicated coconut‘ (abbreviated). The cakes are named after Lord Lamington who was the governor of Queensland from 1896-1901. The idea is to soak sponge in a chocolate sauce and then leave that to set, before dusting with dessicated coconut to make it easy to eat. As Dave does not like coconut I have never bought these as a treat, nor made them. However when Marcellina set us the task of making lamingtons for the Daring Bakers’ challenge this month and allowed us to make them using any flavouring and topping we wanted to, I decided to go with what Dave loves. On our last day in Paris,…
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