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Classic Lamington Coconut Squares

These classic Lamingtons (or Coconut Squares as we called them growing up), coated with chocolate icing and coconut, are a delicious alternative to a light dessert cake. They’re gluten free & dairy free, too!

Growing up in good ‘ole Cleveland, Ohio, as an Italian-American, we called them “coconut squares”. My grandma taught my mom how to make them, and my mom then taught me how to make them. I didn’t care for them as a child, but as my tastebuds changed with age, I learned to love this delicious and nostalgic treat!

What are Lamingtons?

A Lamington is an Australian vanilla sponge cake coated with a layer of chocolate icing sauce and then desiccated coconut. The thin layer of chocolate icing gets absorbed by the sponge cake, leaving every bite perfectly sweet, light, and fluffy.

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Classic Lamington Coconut Squares

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By Michelle Jones | The Healthy Chelle – Serves: 24

These classic Lamingtons (or Coconut Squares as we called them growing up), coated with chocolate icing and coconut, are a delicious alternative to a light dessert cake. They're gluten free & dairy free, too!

Ingredients

Chocolate Icing Sauce
1/2 c unsweetened coca
2 c boiling water
1 1/2 c sugar
pinch salt
Cake
1 baked GF Vanilla Yellow Cake in 9x13 pan (I used Bob's Red Mill), cut into 24 squares
Coconut Coating
6 fluid ounce, Unsweetened coconut, finely shredded

Instructions

Bake vanilla cake, cool, and cut into 24 even squares. *Tip: Dipping is easier when cake is frozen, although it is not necessary.

For chocolate icing sauce - boil water and add ingredients whisking to combine for about 10 minutes (do NOT add coconut here).

Cool chocolate icing sauce and submerge cake squares, one- by-one, into the mixture. Immediately after dipping each square, roll completely in medium bowl of shredded coconut.

Cool & dry each square on parchment paper lined baking sheet. You can let them sit out overnight or store in container. The cake will still stay moist inside. Another option is to freeze them put to 3 months.