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Australian Lamingtons 

A big thanks to Alexandra from Australia for sending me this note:

"our national cake would be the Pavlova or lamingtons if you were looking at some cooking for the holiday - Pavlova can be a bit tricky but Lamingtons are sponge, cut up into squares, sometimes with jam and cream but always rolled in chocolate and dessicated coconut."

Since I'm not much of a chef and I do like to cook with the girls, I thought we'd stick to Lamingtons *grin*.  

When I tried this,

Lamingtons Scratch Recipe

1 cup butter 
1 cup sugar 
4 eggs (beaten) 
2 cups self raising flour* 
Icing (recipe follows) 

Preheat oven to 350*F (175*C). 

Grease a 13 x 9 inch pan and set aside. 

Cream together butter and sugar.

Gradually add the eggs, mixing well. 

Add 1/3 cup of flour at a time, stirring gently and thoroughly after each addition. 

Pour batter in pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, reducing the temperature to 325*F
(160*C) after 30 minutes. 

Let cool.

Cut into 2  inch  (4 cm) squares.

Chocolate Lamingtons Icing

500 grams / 1 lb of icing sugar 
1/3 cup of cocoa 
15 grams / ½ oz of butter 
½ cup of milk 
coconut 

Melt the butter in a saucepan and remove from the heat. 

Sift the icing sugar and cocoa into the saucepan, add the milk and mix through.