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- noun Australia, obsolete A
Homburg hat . - noun A small square Australian/New Zealand cake made with
sponge cake covered on all sides (including top and bottom) with chocolate anddesiccated coconut .
Etymologies
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Examples
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have a little faith! fresh whipped cream between two halves of a lamington is the perfect foil to the richness of the dark chocolate icing, and the spongy cake texture. it's like the icing on the cake, only lamingtons already have icing, so they really appreciate the additional cream.
and on my right... esther 2006
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
WN.com - Articles related to Australia and Mining Companies Agree to New Levy 2010
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
WN.com - Articles related to Australia and Mining Companies Agree to New Levy 2010
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
WN.com - Articles related to Australia and Mining Companies Agree to New Levy 2010
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
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Clive Palmer interview - Minerals Council submission re Australian resources tax: pie or "lamington"?
WN.com - Articles related to Australia and Mining Companies Agree to New Levy 2010
chained_bear commented on the word lamington
Oh man, I LOVED these... They are not well known in the United States...
July 16, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word lamington
What IS it?
July 16, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word lamington
A kind of cake. I don't like coconut, or it doesn't like me.
Seems to be an Oz thing.
July 16, 2008
sionnach commented on the word lamington
yummy wikilink
I particularly enjoyed the following wikifacts:
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.
July 16, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word lamington
"Epigram--Divine Service In The Kirk Of Lamington" -
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, 1791
July 16, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lamington
*clicks on sionnach's link* Ohhh.... ohhhh... *quivering*
July 16, 2008
plethora commented on the word lamington
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...
July 16, 2008
dontcry commented on the word lamington
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.
July 17, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lamington
Hmm. Looks like a fancypants whoopie pie. Yum!
July 22, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lamington
BARF!! No! No marshmallow in lamingtons. No!
July 22, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lamington
No whoopie pie I've ever eaten has had marshmallow in it. Nosiree.
July 29, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word lamington
Isn't the filling of whoopie pies made of Crisco and powdered sugar?
July 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word lamington
Moon Pie's and Mallomars have marshmallow in them. A Whoopie Pie has a creamy center.
July 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lamington
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*
July 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lamington
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. :-)
July 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word lamington
They don't call it a "Whoopie" Pie for nothing, do they reesetee?
July 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lamington
Mmmphph.
*swallows*
No, they don't. :-D
July 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word lamington
Who's Crisco and why is he invading your sweetbreads?
July 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word lamington
Crisco is vegetable shortening. Like lard. Sounds yummy, eh?
July 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lamington
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.
July 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word lamington
Sheik Yerbouti. A classic for the title alone--not to mention Crisco Wristwatch.
July 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lamington
You know, we were doing so well on this page....
July 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word lamington
Wordievolution...
July 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lamington
I thought it was Wristwatch Crisco...? *reminiscing* Or the ever-popular love song, "Krisco Kisses."
July 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word lamington
Oops. I must have dallied too long at the psychedelicatessen, I guess. You're correct.
July 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word lamington
Ooh, yes, I do remember the Frankie song. Never understood it though.
July 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word lamington
You're better off, then, bilby.
July 30, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word lamington
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.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word lamington
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.
July 31, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word lamington
Perhaps they use the money to make more lamingtons, contributing to a vicious, yet very tasty cycle of production.
July 31, 2008
frindley commented on the word lamington
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.
August 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word lamington
Lol, great story frin!
August 2, 2008