Lamingtons

Method 7 steps

1. 1

   Beat the butter and sugar pale, add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.

2. 2

   Fold in the sifted flour with the baking powder and salt, alternating with the milk.

3. 3

   Pour into a square tin and bake at 180 °C for twenty-eight minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.

4. 4

   Cool it completely and leave the sponge uncovered overnight.

5. 5

   Cut it into five-centimetre cubes.

6. 6

   Whisk the icing sugar with the cocoa and hot milk to a thin icing that runs off a spoon in a stream.

7. 7

   Dip each cube on two forks, let it drain and roll it in coconut. Leave them to set for an hour.