Lamington is a dessert of sponge cake (or more traditionally, butter cake), cut into squares, coated in a layer of chocolate or strawberry icing, and topped with coconut.
Sponge cake
Chocolate icing
Dessicated coconut
Cut the sponge cake into your desired shapes (commonly 5â7 cm cubes).
Prepare a flat tray with an even layer of desiccated coconut shavings
Dip the sponge cake cubes into chocolate icing.
Immediately dip the coated cake into the coconut, or sprinkle the coconut on top.
Put aside to dry and set.