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Caramel Lamingtons
Melissa JacobsMelissa Jacobs

Caramel Lamingtons

5 from 1 vote
Caramel lamingtons are a super sweet cake like dessert that make for an excellent treat! Rarely served as dessert, it's mostly just devoured.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 16
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cubed vanilla sponge cake (16 pieces)
  • 150 ml caramel
  • 180 ml boiling water
  • 350 ml sugar
  • salt
  • 30 ml cacao
  • 10 ml butter
  • ½ tsp vanilla essence
  • 200 g coconut to roll the cakes in 

Method
 

  1. In a sauce pan, bring the water, sugar,salt, cacao, butter and vanilla essence to a boil. Remove from heat.
  2. In a shallow dish, pour a third of the sauce in the dish.
  3. In second dish, have your coconut ready.
  4. Slice each cake in half, spread a generous amount of caramel and stick together the 2 halves.
  5. Roll each  cake in the sauce, covering each side.
  6. Place the cake in the middle of your coconut dish, covering the cake with coconut. Place on dripping tray to cool and dry.
  7. Repeat from step 2 until all the cakes are done