Hi friends,
Commemorating the coming Australia Day which happens to be my birthday as well, I am sharing lamingtons recipe, the vegan version obviously.

I baked my first lamingtons when I was 16, wait… 17 maybe, can’t remember well, am old 😂 for a school baked sale. I sold out 😉 That was also the last time I ate lamingtons (in Australia), believe it or not. My mum, she baked tons of goodies, but mostly mint slice, caramel slice and such. So yeah, I didn’t have lamingtons for years.
Fast forward to 2005, I visited my husband’s family in Europe, and his late grandmother baked me kokusz kocka…aaand ta-daaaaa. It was lamingtons!

How and what now????
Kokuszkocka literally means coconut squares.
They were totally lamingtons, and grandmother said kokuszkocka is one of Hungarian specialty.
Say whaaaat…???!!
😂😂😂😂
Lamingtons is Australian and kokuszkocka is Hungarian, but both are exactly the same.
Confusing?
Let’s just check my veganized version then? 😂😂😂😂

Sponge Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c flour
- 3/4 c sugar
- 1 tsp BSoda
- a pinch of salt
- 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 c water
How To
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Line a square pan with parchment paper
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl, make a well in center and pour in dry ingredients, mix with wooden spoon
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes
- Cool on rack

Dipping
- 1/4 c + 2 tbsp icing sugar
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp vegan margarine
- 1/4 c hot boiling water

- Mix everything
Coating
- Desiccated coconut (sweetened/unsweetened as you wish)

Lamingtons
- Slice cake into squares, dip in cocoa mixture, then roll in coconut
- Serve chilled (which is best in my opinion)

Chocolate Lamingtons
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/2 c flour
- 3/4 c sugar
- 1 tsp BSoda
- a pinch of salt
- 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 c water
Dipping
- 1/4 c + 2 tbsp icing sugar
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp vegan margarine
- 1/4 c hot boiling water
Coating
- Desiccated coconut sweetened/unsweetened as you wish
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Line a square pan with parchment paper
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl, make a well in center and pour in dry ingredients, mix with wooden spoon
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes
- Cool on rack
Dipping
- Mix everything
Lamingtons
- Slice cake into squares, dip in cocoa mixture, then roll in coconut
- Serve chilled (which is best in my opinion)