Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Lamington and Milo


Claudine here interloping again! At the school welcome "tea," I asked what would be the most New Zealand thing to eat and everyone said, Lamington Cake and Milo (a kind of pero/hot cocoa). The Lamington I ate was HOT PINK! But I think the more typical flavor is chocolate. It is basically a sponge cake coated with dessicated coconut served with cream.

Here is a link to a recipe I am going to try for Lamington that gives a good description of what it is. Like Pavlova, Australians and New Zealanders argue about which country they belong to!

http://australianfood.about.com/od/bakingdesserts/r/Lamingtons.htm

Wikipedia has an interesting entry about Milo if you are interested. Evelyn and I love it, but Mark and Julia are not sold on it yet!

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