Covered-all-over lamington cake

A recipe by Nadiya Bakes

Coconut & Raspberries

Our 4th recipe from Nadiya Bakes is on page 42; covered-all-over lamington cake.  Check out below for tips and suggestions. This recipe makes a lovely sponge cake. 

Step one

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  1. Ensure eggs are at room temperature
  2. Secret to a good sponge is not deflating your mixture when adding egg whites
  3. recipe calls for adding whites in 2 increments, I suggest 3
  4. fold with rubber spatula very gently until mixture is even
  5. I baked this cake into 2 square 8” pans instead of one round pan- this will make it much easier to assemble
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Step 2 (filling)

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  1. Ensure butter is at room temperature ( see photo)
  2. Ensure milk is at room temperature
  3. recipe calls for mixing all ingredients at once for buttercream filling- I suggest creaming butter first then slowly adding icing sugar (make sure icing sugar has been sifted, or you will have lumpy frosting)
  4. For more of a raspberry flavour I added 2 tablespoon of raspberry jam before I added the marshmallow
  5. toast coconut ( I should have used desiccated coconut instead of flaked)
  6. coconut burns very quickly- per recipe it states 12-15 min / if you bake coconut this long in a 350 oven it WILL be burnt! Watch carefully and bake 7-9 min
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Third step (ensemble cake)

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  1. Directions for ensemble per recipe are very difficult and messy, below is what I did
  2. Start with 2 cakes instead of one
  3. place coconut in shallow dish in straight line
  4. place jam in shallow dish
  5. grab entire cake and push each side into jam then coconut (cake is sturdy, so don’t be afraid to handle)
  6. Add more jam and coconut to each plate and now squish one cake bottom into jam and then coconut
  7. I added a jam layer on 1st layer before I added buttercream filling
  8. place 2nd cake on top of 1st cake and lightly press down
  9. Using an off-set spatula spread jam on top and sprinkle coconut to completely cover top
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The Results

My over all rating is 3 out of 5. I would make this recipe again with above adjustments and a change in filling. 
Even with my changes the cake assemble is messy and difficult. I don’t think the jam and coconut are necessary on the bottom of the cake.
 
The marshmallow buttercream is nice but I would pref a simple whipping cream centre instead. 
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