Food with Kate Wright

LAMINGTONS are a renewed favourite baked good of mine. Sponge cake, covered in chocolate and coconut – so simple and yet utterly delicious! With Australia Day around the corner, I thought I’d share my healthy alternative to this favourite Aussie classic.

These lamingtons are paleo, sugar free, and were a hit when among my work colleagues. You won’t believe how spongey the cake is, while the chocolate frosting is totally indulgent without being sickly sweet.

With just seven ingredients, these lamingtons are also super simple to make. Sure, they’re a little fiddly with the coating requirements, but the finger licking part at the end makes it all worthwhile!

Lamingtons

Ingredients: 6 eggs 6 tablespoons honey or rice malt syrup 1.5 cups almond meal 6 tablespoons cacao butter ½ cup raw cacao powder 1.5 teaspoons vanilla 3 cups desiccated coconut

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 160 degrees Celsius. Grease and baseline a 25cm square cake tin with coconut oil. Beat eggs and two tablespoons of honey/rice malt syrup in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thick and creamy, and until air bubbles just start to form. Gently fold in almond meal, half a cup at a time. Pour the mixture into a prepared cake tin and bake for about 20 minutes or until golden and the edges of the cake start to come away from the rim. Remove the sponge from the oven and allow to cool before transferring to a baking rack to cool completely. Place cacao butter in a medium bowl over a small saucepan of simmering water until melted. Remove from heat, add cacao powder and stir to combine. Add vanilla and four tablespoons honey/rice malt syrup and stir to combine. Cut the sponge into 20 rectangles and gently coat one piece at a time in the chocolate frosting then the coconut. Enjoy – and have a happy, healthy Australia Day!