lamington (ˈlæmɪŋtən)
God, I wish there were lamington drives here - you now, where kids go from house to house selling lamingtons for fundraisers. I had my first taste of this divine cake in 1995 in Melbourne and have fallen in love with it since.
As Aussie as Vegemite and the baggy green, lamingtons come in various shapes, sizes and flavours. But because I'm not really a fruity jam person, I much prefer them in their traditional form, i.e. slightly stale spongecake with chocolate icing and heaps of desiccated coconut. Over tea, every cube carved out of a whole square-foot serving would go down quite nicely, thank you.
noun
1. (Cookery) Australia and NZ a cube of sponge cake dipped in chocolate icing and desiccated coconut.
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God, I wish there were lamington drives here - you now, where kids go from house to house selling lamingtons for fundraisers. I had my first taste of this divine cake in 1995 in Melbourne and have fallen in love with it since.
As Aussie as Vegemite and the baggy green, lamingtons come in various shapes, sizes and flavours. But because I'm not really a fruity jam person, I much prefer them in their traditional form, i.e. slightly stale spongecake with chocolate icing and heaps of desiccated coconut. Over tea, every cube carved out of a whole square-foot serving would go down quite nicely, thank you.