Lamingtons

Today,we had Lamingtons for dessert. Lamingtons are an australian dessert that Grace, our au pair, taught to us. It's a sponge cake with chocolate and coconut outside. For doing it, first we needed to do the sponge cake. The next day, when the cake was cold (do not put it in the fridge), we cut it into squares and we put the melted chocolate and the coconut outside the squares. ¡It's delicious!

Here is the recipie:
Ingredients
190g  butter, softened 
1 cup (220g) sugar 
2 teaspoon vanilla 
2 1/3 cups (350g) flour
1 sachet of baking powder
1 cup (250ml) milk 
220g dark chocolate 
1 cup (250ml) cooking cream 

1 cup of grated coconut

Method
Preheat the oven to 170°C. Put some butter in a cake tin. Mix butter and sugar. Add 1 teaspoon  vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, mixing them in until completely combined. Add flour and milk, gently mixing together. Pour into tin and bake for 55-60 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes, then turn onto a plate to cool completely.
Meanwhile, stir chocolate, cream and remaining vanilla in a heatproof bowl over simmering water until smooth (don't let the bowl touch water). Spread this icing over the cake, then sprinkle top and sides with coconut.
       Clara and Lucía