Me and Lamingtons 5: Kahlua Lamingtons, Australia Day, Birthday Celebration

Happy Aussie Day!

At last we are on our last day of Me and Lamingtons series as Straya Day is here ????????

As Australia time zone is way ahead of North America, I always celebrate Aussie Day a day earlier (here in Canada), so I would celebrate it on the same time ?

My family would send birthday wishes to me on the exact date of their date, which is a day early to me, thus I also celebrate Australia Day a day earlier ? Am I making sense????

Anyhoo, it’s been fun baking various lamingtons and on the last day of this series, I thought I wasn’t gonna bake any! I know I planned, but my little caught the cold and I’ve been busy with him throughout the day.

I was thinking to make tiramisu lamingtons, but since I didn’t really have the spare time I thought I would have, I didn’t have time to make vegan “mascarpone”, in the end I came up with the following

Kahlua Lamingtons!!

Thought instead slicing it normal bitesize, I made Australia-shaped lamington instead ?

I’m glad little babe is feeling better as soon as his big brother and father arrived at home, so everyone gave me time to get busy, less than 2 H later, we got the edible Australia ?

I hope I did justice although I think I shaped Tasmania way too big ✌️

My sponge cake is rather brownies following the Kahlua I believe. I didn’t expect it to be darker as the batter wasn’t.

Anyhoo, let’s see how I made this lamingtons ?

Kahlua Sponge Cake

• 1 1/2 c flour
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1 tsp BSoda
• a pinch of salt

In a measuring cup, mix:

• 2 tbsp Kahlua and enough water to make 1 c liquid
• Mix dry ingredients
• Pour in Kahlua liquid, 5 tbsp oil, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 1 tsp vinegar
• Mix to combine and pour into parchment lined square pan
• Bake on preheated 350 F for 35 minutes
• Cool on rack until comfortable enough to touch
• Trace an Australian map on the cake and cut cake accordingly
• Halve cake as shown and separate the slices, let cool more

Meanwhile, pulverize enough desiccated coconut, then make dipping

Dipping

• 3 tbsp Kahlua
• 1/4 c hot water
• 1 tbsp vegan margarine
• 4 tbsp icing sugar
• Mix everything to combine

Lamingtons

• Flip the bottom of cake, brush with dipping, sprinkle generously with coconut, flip back
• Brush cake generously with dipping, lift carefully and move to a plate/cake board

• Pipe coconut whipped cream all over
• Brush the other half of the cake with dipping, lift carefully and flip to top whipped cream
• Brush cake top with dipping, sprinkle with coconut
• Dip Tasmania in dipping and roll in coconut

Ta-daaaa

Babe went to school this morning with his Roo t-shirt . He was shouting Australiaaaa when I snapped the picture ?

Happy Australia Day and Happy Birthday Me! ?

❤️??????❤️

Now am off, gonna enjoy this Kahlua before the boys forget me ? Enjoy your barbie guys!