Chocolate Lamingtons
- Preparation time
- 3 hours
- Makes
- 10
- Category
- Baking
- Tags
- baking, chocolate, coconut, vegetarian
- 300g
- caster sugar
- 65g
- cocoa
- 125mL
- milk
- 50g
- butter
- 250g
- dark chocolate
- 50mL
- vegetable oil
- 4
- eggs
- 100mL
- natural yoghurt
- 175g
- plain flour
- 3 tsp
- baking powder
- 450g
- icing sugar
- 400g
- coconut
- Preheat oven to 170°C (335°F) and line a 20cm square pan with baking paper.
- Put caster sugar and 50g of cocoa in a bowl, then beat in 75mL of milk.
- Gently melt butter and 50g of chocolate in the microwave, on medium. Add to sugar mix, along with oil.
- Beat in eggs until smooth, then stir in yoghurt, vanilla, flour and baking powder.
- Pour mixture into tin, and cover with slightly domed foil. Bake for 45 minutes, then remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes.
- Remove, cool in tin, and while warm cover with gladwrap to keep moist.
- While cooling, mix remaining cocoa and milk until smooth. Whisk in 175mL of boiling water, then stir in remaining chocolate until melted.
- Whisk in icing sugar until dissolved and pour into a deep bowl. Cut cake into nine. Dunk each piece in coating, fish out with two forks, roll in coconut, and leave to set.