Lamingtons

This was one of my more successful challenges yet. It wasn't too difficult and it was YUMMY! This challenge was inspired by the CWA challenge where not many dishes turned out according to plan. The recipe was in the latest issue of the masterchef magazine so I thought it had good cred. Once again, I forgot to take pics, but I did take a picture of the final product because I was so proud of them. Oh and I almost forgot, I need to thank Alyce for helping me with the macaron and lamington challenge. Would have taken me twice as long otherwise.

Ok so first off was the sponge mixture.Very simple sponge mixture but the trick with this was to beat the eggs and sugar in a bowl which was sitting in the sink with some water. I have never done it like that before but I will definitely try it again. Don't know if it made a huge difference, but seeing as I have never done it before and it was the best sponge yet, logic would say to try it again. Baked the cake and let it cool and I put it into the fridge to firm up a bit so it would be easier to cut.

The icing mixture was basic too. Cocoa, butter and heaps of icing sugar. When I say heaps, I mean HEAPS! It was just a matter of combining all the ingredients in a bowl over a double boiler.

Ok so the fun part was coating my lamingtons. Note to self though, the smaller the pieces of lamington, the more lamingtons need to be coated! It was lots of fun though and the end result was amazing. Dare I say, better than bakery quality lamingtons.