Lamingtons recipe

Name: Lamingtons recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 3 3/4 cups plain flour; 2 1/4 cups caster sugar; 2 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tsp baking powder; 2.00 tsp vanilla essence; 185 g butter melted; 600 ml buttermilk; 3 cups icing sugar; 1 tbs cocoa powder; 2 tsp golden syrup; 1 cup desiccated coconut *to decorate

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:1h

Try your hand at true blue lamingtons, Australia’s most iconic small cakes. These soft buttery cubes of cake coated in a thin layer of chocolate icing and coconut may look tricky, but making them is actually a piece of cake!

Updated at: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:45:29 GMT