A lamington is a sponge cake, coated with a layer of chocolate icing, and sprinkled all over with desiccated coconut.
The lamington is named after Charles Wallace Baillie or Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. Stories vary as to how it actually originated. One of the stories surrounding the origin of the lamington is that Lamington's cook developed the cake as a means to use up leftover sponge cake. According to another account, the dessert resembled the homburg hats favoured by Lord Lamington. Another account again tells of a banquet in Cloncurry during which the governor accidentally dropped a block of sponge cake into a dish of gravy, and then threw it over his shoulder, causing it to land in a bowl of desiccated coconut. A diner thought of replacing the gravy with chocolate and thus created the lamington known today. Another account states that lamingtons were first made at Harlaxton House in Toowoomba, Queensland in the summer of 1896 for Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland and his guests at afternoon tea. Lord Lamington requested that the cook prepare snowballs, round cakes that are served with whipped cream. When the cook found that the kitchen lacked the correct cake tins and there was no cream, she prepared a large cake cut it into cubes, iced them with chocolate, rolled them in desiccated coconut and served them instead. This unusual treat proved to be a big hit with the guests. The guest asked Lady Lamington what the cakes were called, and when they were told they had no name they were named 'Lord Lamington Cakes'. You can find more information on the history of the lamington at the link below.
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A lamington
Because they were first made in Australia for a lord Lamington in Queensland there are different storie about how they first came about but they were first made for lord Lamington after which the word got out and they soon became very popular.
sponge cake blocks dipped in thin chocolate icing and then rolled in dessicated coconut.
A Lamington Pan is a cake pan that measures approximately 30 cm x 20 cm by 3.5 cm, however, there is no real standard. Lamingtons are thinner than a regular cake and cut into bars before coating with chocolate and coconut. Mmm good!
The lamington is named after Charles Wallace Baillie or Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. Stories vary as to how it actually originated. One of the stories surrounding the origin of the lamington is that Lamington's cook developed the cake as a means to use up leftover sponge cake. According to another account, the dessert resembled the homburg hats favoured by Lord Lamington. Another account again tells of a banquet in Cloncurry during which the governor accidentally dropped a block of sponge cake into a dish of gravy, and then threw it over his shoulder, causing it to land in a bowl of desiccated coconut. A diner thought of replacing the gravy with chocolate and thus created the lamington known today. Another account states that lamingtons were first made at Harlaxton House in Toowoomba, Queensland in the summer of 1896 for Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland and his guests at afternoon tea. Lord Lamington requested that the cook prepare snowballs, round cakes that are served with whipped cream. When the cook found that the kitchen lacked the correct cake tins and there was no cream, she prepared a large cake cut it into cubes, iced them with chocolate, rolled them in desiccated coconut and served them instead. This unusual treat proved to be a big hit with the guests. The guest asked Lady Lamington what the cakes were called, and when they were told they had no name they were named 'Lord Lamington Cakes'. You can find more information on the history of the lamington at the link below.
The lamington is named after Charles Wallace Baillie or Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. Stories vary as to how it actually originated. One of the stories surrounding the origin of the lamington is that Lamington's cook developed the cake as a means to use up leftover sponge cake. According to another account, the dessert resembled the homburg hats favoured by Lord Lamington. Another account again tells of a banquet in Cloncurry during which the governor accidentally dropped a block of sponge cake into a dish of gravy, and then threw it over his shoulder, causing it to land in a bowl of desiccated coconut. A diner thought of replacing the gravy with chocolate and thus created the lamington known today. Another account states that lamingtons were first made at Harlaxton House in Toowoomba, Queensland in the summer of 1896 for Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland and his guests at afternoon tea. Lord Lamington requested that the cook prepare snowballs, round cakes that are served with whipped cream. When the cook found that the kitchen lacked the correct cake tins and there was no cream, she prepared a large cake cut it into cubes, iced them with chocolate, rolled them in desiccated coconut and served them instead. This unusual treat proved to be a big hit with the guests. The guest asked Lady Lamington what the cakes were called, and when they were told they had no name they were named 'Lord Lamington Cakes'.
You can buy lamington cakes (as whole cakes) or just lamingtons almost anywhere in Australia. They are readily available in supermarkets, as well as bakeries, and also often at fetes and fund-raising events.
The term "lamington" comes from the English language. It is a type of dessert that consists of squares of sponge cake coated in chocolate and desiccated coconut, named after Lord Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland, Australia in the late 19th century.
Lamingtons has been making Australians happy for decades. A lamington is an Australian cake that can be a sponge cake, a butter cake or pound cake. The cake is sliced and dipped in chocolate. A chocolate covered treat you can have with coffee or tea.
Lamingtons go stale within just a few days because they are based on sponge cake.
Lamington Bridge was created in 1896.
Lamington National Park is in Queensland, Australia.