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Christmas lamingtons
Published: November 25, 2022 at 1:50 PM
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Makes 20
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Prep: 1 hr
Cook: 45 mins
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Traditional lamingtons are given a festive makeover in this recipe from Morny Bakehouse, with white chocolate icing, a cherry yuzu jam centre and a buttercream crown
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Morny Bakehouse, in Leyton, east London, knows how to do dazzling bakes. Described as a “modern Viennoiserie”, its collection of incredible pastries always attracts a crowd and Christmas is no different. Our favourites are the lamingtons and here they come with a winter wonderland twist – dipped in a white chocolate icing, rolled with coconut, stuffed with a cherry yuzu jam and finished with a buttercream swirl and seasonal sprinkles of your choice.
To make this recipe effortless, replace the ganache with a ready-made buttercream, available in most supermarkets.
Ingredients
Nutrition
VANILLA SPONGE
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60g unsalted butter
melted, plus extra for the tin
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10 eggs
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375g caster sugar
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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375g self-raising flour
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85g cornflour
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1½ tsp white wine vinegar
WHITE CHOCOLATE ICING
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300g icing sugar
sifted
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185ml whole milk
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50ml buttermilk
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500g white chocolate
WHIPPED WHITE CHOCOLATE GANACHE
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100ml whipping cream
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30g glucose
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115g white chocolate
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80g unsalted butter
softened and cubed
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250g desiccated coconut
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227g jar of good-quality cherry jam
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2 tsp yuzu
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festive sprinkles or freeze-dried berries, crushed, to decorate
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal713
- fat34.9g
- saturates20.1g
- carbs79.2g
- sugars60.5g
- fibre3.4g
- protein18.7g
- salt0.8g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3. Butter and line the base of a 25cm x 25cm, 7cm-deep baking tin. Put the eggs, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer and whisk on a medium speed for 6-8 mins or until thick. Sift together the flour, cornflour and ½ tsp of salt. Gently fold into the wet mixture, followed by the melted butter, vinegar and 200ml of just-boiled water. Pour into the tray and bake for 30-35 mins or until golden and springy to the touch.
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step 2
Make the icing by warming the sugar, milk and buttermilk in a medium pan over a low heat, occasionally stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Using a sugar thermometer, cool to 40C. Put the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Using the sugar thermometer, melt to 40C, then gradually mix into the buttermilk with a whisk until well emulsified.
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step 3
To make the ganache, bring the cream and glucose just to the boil in a small pan. Put the chocolate in a bowl and pour over the cream. Using a hand blender, blend until completely emulsified. Gradually add the butter, again mixing until fully incorporated. Chill in the fridge until firm.
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step 4
When you’re ready to assemble, trim any uneven edges from the sponge and carefully cut into 20 cubes. Use an apple corer to make a hole in the top of each cube, going three-quarters of the way down. Gently warm the white chocolate icing until liquid and dip in the sponge cubes, covering all sides, placing on a cooling rack for the excess to drip off. Dip the icing-covered sponges into the coconut to coat. Mix the cherry jam with the yuzu. Put a little of the jam into each hole in the lamingtons. Whip the ganache until it’s at piping consistency and pipe a little to cover each hole. Sprinkle over the festive sprinkles or crushed berries to decorate.
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