Lamingtons

Name: Lamingtons
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12 cakes
Ingredients: Cake; 125g dairy free spread; 125g caster sugar; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 175g gluten free self raising flour; 1tsp xanthan gum; 2 eggs; 3tbsp coconut milk; Icing; 100g dairy free spread; 350g icing sugar; 2tbsp cocoa powder mixed with 6bsp warm water; 100g desiccated coconut

Posted On: 12th February 2015
Recipe By: Alison Wheatley

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Lamingtons are beautiful sponge cakes coated in chocolate sauce and rolled in coconut, simple as that. They are relatively easy to make, though being gluten free they do crumble a little more than regular which is why we have included xanthan gum, you just need to be a bit more delicate when coating them. This version is also dairy free!

This recipe is...

Vegetarian

Dairy Free

FODMAP Friendly

Ingredients

Cake
125g dairy free spread
125g caster sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
175g gluten free self raising flour
1tsp xanthan gum
2 eggs
3tbsp coconut milk

Icing
100g dairy free spread
350g icing sugar
2tbsp cocoa powder mixed with 6bsp warm water
100g desiccated coconut

Preparation Time: 20 Mins
Cooking Time: 30 Mins
This recipe makes 12 cakes

This recipe is free from...

Celery

Crustaceans

Dairy

Egg

Fish

Gluten

Lupin

Molluscs

Mustard

Peanuts

Sesame

Soya

Sulphites

Tree Nuts

Method

1. Beat the spread until creamy and then beat in the sugar.

2. Beat in the eggs one by one.

3. Add the vanilla extract and sieve in the flour and xanthan gum.

4. Beat in the coconut milk, the batter should drop off the spoon when lifted, not too thin.

5. Preheat oven to gas mark 4, grease an 8 inch square cake tin and pour the batter into the tin. Bake in the oven 30 mins until golden.

6. Once cooked remove from oven, allow to cool slightly in the tin and then tip out onto a cooling rack, allow to cake to go cold.

7. Once the cake is cold, beat together the spread and icing sugar to make a butter cream and then add in the cocoa and water mix. Place the desiccated coconut in a separate bowl.

8. Cut the cake into 12 rectangles, pick each piece up using 2 forks, roll each piece around in the chocolate icing coating thoroughly, then coat in coconut, place on a plate and allow the icing to set, repeat with each piece of cake. If the icing becomes to thick to work with add a little coconut milk.

If you wish the cakes to not be dairy free, you can switch the dairy free spread to any margarine or butter and the coconut milk to normal milk.