When it comes to the lamington, the flavours aren't always black and white — it seems the flavour possibilities for lamingtons are boundless. She began experimenting first with strawberry flavoured lamingtons, before adding fairy bread lamingtons to the mix. It's not just about experimenting with the flavours of the cake or the coating. Size also matters. Last year, cake decorator Melissa Sleiman from western Sydney made a lamington wedding cake with vanilla cake, swiss meringue butter cream flavoured with vanilla beans, and raspberries.
If you're keen to recreate this, the key is to use a dense cake like a vanilla or a sponge cake, and leave out layers of cream mid-cake. That title belongs to Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce and a local bakery, who earned a Guinness World Record in for the world's largest lamington.
Its weight? As some would say, that's a lot of lammos. From how we eat it, where to find it, and the best ways to enjoy it at home. There are recipes for Leamington cake and puddings in some late Victorian cookbooks which are layered jam sponge-cake type mixtures, so the lamington could have developed from these.
I hope this does not turn out to be the case, as it would be a very boring explanation. It appeared that lamingtons were invented in Brisbane around the early s, probably by Amy Shauer who taught cooking at Brisbane central Technical College from to She also wrote three very popular cook books, and developed cookery courses for schools and colleges across Queensland, and was a famous cake maker and cake judge at Shows. One elderly correspondent, who remembered those days well, informed me that Lord Lamington was a pompous ass, and that no one would ever have named a cake after him.
But Lady Lamington was much loved. In Australian, July 21st was designated as National Lamington Day, and now it is celebrated mainly by charity groups to sell Lamingtons to raise money. The Scots and the New Zealanders also claim credit.
New Zealanders enjoy Lamingtons just as much as the Australians. They refer to the cake as leamington or lemmington, which are names of towns.
Place oven rack to middle position. Either butter or spray the bottom and sides with non-stick cooking spray of an 8-inch square baking dish; set aside. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In another bowl using your electric mixer, beat the butter until soft.
Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after adding each egg addition. Add the vanilla extract to the mixture and mix well. Use a spatula to alternately mix in the sifted flour mixture and the milk, in three additions, beginning and ending with flour. Spread the batter into the prepared cake dish and smooth the top with a spatula.
Bake approximately 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Gallard is said to have had a French Tahitian wife, which accounts for his familiarity with coconut — an unusual ingredient at that time.
There are other cities that claim to be the birthplace of lamingtons, however. One story says they were introduced at the opening of the Ipswich Technical College. However, the college opened in and the fact that the first published recipe appeared in in the Country Life newspaper seriously undermines the Ipswich claim. And it has a layer of jam in the middle. Not in a proper lamington. But apparently I do, which is quite fitting. The lamington has a long history of controversy, the main one being: what is the origin of this most Australian of treats?
That question has an answer so complex it prompted Maurice French, emeritus professor of history at the University of Southern Queensland, to write an entire book on the subject.
The Lamington Enigma : A survey of the evidence , traces the history of the lamington, its precursors and the personalities who surrounded its emergence, and comes up with the most probable answer to the question of who invented the thing, and why. Much space is given to debunking competing theories of the sweet's origins, of which there are many.
What is known is that the lamington was named for Lord Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from to , or perhaps his wife, Lady Lamington. What isn't clear is who was the first to cook the treat and bestow it with the governor's name. The first known printed recipe for "lamington cake" appeared in the December 17, , issue of Queensland Country Life , along with several other recipes, under the headline "Useful Recipes".
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