I made small ones once when I was living in the States and feeling homesick. They were 1.5" cubes and I put cointreau in the chocolate icing, so you could say they were on the sophisticated side. It was extremely difficult to find dessicated coconut in the local supermarkets, however. Could only find the flaked coconut, which is too coarse. Spent a good half an hour with a mezzaluna knife cutting the flakes into crumbs. At which point you understand why I only did it once and thereafter stuck to making pavlova.
Quite possibly the best cheap bakery cake you can buy. They sell these things here (in Perth, Western Australia) for fundraisers at about four dollars for a box of eight or more. Great stuff.
Bilby, have you never heard Frank Zappa's genius work? Or perhaps Frankie Goes to Hollywood's?
p.s. they weren't talking about its usage in baked goods.
Yes. I know this because I won't touch marshmallow with a 10-foot pole, whereas I'll gladly eat the creamy Crisco-and-powdered-sugar filling of a whoopie pie. :-)
Ironically, Lord Lamington was known to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, once referring to them as "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits".
Tea and lamingtons are part of the festivities that follow Australian Citizenship ceremonies.
Lol, great story frin!
I made small ones once when I was living in the States and feeling homesick. They were 1.5" cubes and I put cointreau in the chocolate icing, so you could say they were on the sophisticated side. It was extremely difficult to find dessicated coconut in the local supermarkets, however. Could only find the flaked coconut, which is too coarse. Spent a good half an hour with a mezzaluna knife cutting the flakes into crumbs. At which point you understand why I only did it once and thereafter stuck to making pavlova.
Perhaps they use the money to make more lamingtons, contributing to a vicious, yet very tasty cycle of production.
Ooh, yes, my school has lamington drives. I don't know what they use the money for, but they must get a lot, lamingtons sell fast.
Quite possibly the best cheap bakery cake you can buy. They sell these things here (in Perth, Western Australia) for fundraisers at about four dollars for a box of eight or more. Great stuff.
You're better off, then, bilby.
Ooh, yes, I do remember the Frankie song. Never understood it though.
Oops. I must have dallied too long at the psychedelicatessen, I guess. You're correct.
I thought it was Wristwatch Crisco...? *reminiscing* Or the ever-popular love song, "Krisco Kisses."
Wordievolution...
You know, we were doing so well on this page....
Sheik Yerbouti. A classic for the title alone--not to mention Crisco Wristwatch.
Bilby, have you never heard Frank Zappa's genius work? Or perhaps Frankie Goes to Hollywood's?
p.s. they weren't talking about its usage in baked goods.
Crisco is vegetable shortening. Like lard. Sounds yummy, eh?
Who's Crisco and why is he invading your sweetbreads?
Mmmphph.
*swallows*
No, they don't. :-D
They don't call it a "Whoopie" Pie for nothing, do they reesetee?
Yes. I know this because I won't touch marshmallow with a 10-foot pole, whereas I'll gladly eat the creamy Crisco-and-powdered-sugar filling of a whoopie pie. :-)
Oh, that's it then. Thanks dontcry. I must have been thinking of Moon Pies.
Is Crisco and powdered sugar any different than modern marshmallow? *ponders*
Moon Pie's and Mallomars have marshmallow in them. A Whoopie Pie has a creamy center.
Isn't the filling of whoopie pies made of Crisco and powdered sugar?
No whoopie pie I've ever eaten has had marshmallow in it. Nosiree.
BARF!! No! No marshmallow in lamingtons. No!
Hmm. Looks like a fancypants whoopie pie. Yum!
I can't believe I've never heard of these...can't wait to make them! Also they sound so cute -- kind of like "lambykins" which is a variation on a word found in this list:Nicknames you shouldn't give to an axe-wielding, loincloth-wearing barbarian warrior with bulging thews.
Yum!
I used to have a lamington for recess every day in primary school. I haven't had one in ages, though. Maybe I'll make some...
*clicks on sionnach's link* Ohhh.... ohhhh... *quivering*
"Epigram--Divine Service In The Kirk Of Lamington" -
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, 1791
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Ironically, Lord Lamington was known to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, once referring to them as "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits".
Tea and lamingtons are part of the festivities that follow Australian Citizenship ceremonies.
A kind of cake. I don't like coconut, or it doesn't like me.
Seems to be an Oz thing.
What IS it?
Oh man, I LOVED these... They are not well known in the United States...