Who made the food lamingtons?

Answer 1

The exact date when lamingtons were developed is unknown, but it is certain that they were developed during the time that Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, also known as Lord Lamington, was Governor of Queensland, Australia, from 9 April 1896 to 19 December 1901. There are a number of stories circulating about why and how lamingtons were developed. One says that Lord Lamington's cook was instructed to use up leftover sponge cake, and so she devised the method of dipping sponge squares in melted chocolate and coating them with coconut. Another story says that some sponge cake accidentally fell into a basin of melted chocolate, and that Lamington himself suggested the cook roll the pieces in coconut to enable guests to handle them better. One way or another, it is known that the lamington was developed by someone on Lord Lamington's staff. Some sources even say that Lamington himself did not like the cakes, regarding them as fluffly and insubstantial.