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[Inlander]

Lunchy, cream in a lamington is just silly and surely everybody realises that it's just a manifestation of a depraved mind.

[Lunchbox]

I know, I know, and in a lactose-intolerant family I have only ever had creamless lamingtons. Bakeries around here, however, seem to think that LAMINGTONS NEED CREAM ALL THE TIME.

[Inlander]

There's that Sydney decadence everyone's always talking about.

[nockiemommy]

Actually, I figure that is just what the Kansas City Metropolitan area needs, nockiemommy.  Keep up the good work!

So long as I possess a creative and inventive mind, an oven, stove and have access to yummy ingredients ... The work shall continue!

And I actually made 6 batches ... Two of each recipe ... One batch of each with a cream center, and the other a half-batch with berry jams and grape jams... I am admittedly on the jam side of the Jam V Cream debate.

[Eris]

After two days of wanting a lamington I had one on saturday with a pot of tea at a local cafe. Ben had cheesecake, and I got his extra scoop of ice cream and oh man it was delicious. Now I want more, but am too lazy to actually make them.

I am glad you are liking them, Nockie! The thing is that popular around valentine's day is to make pink ones, and I can guess that people have made green ones for  st patrick's day. Oh man, I just had the best idea. Red and green lamingtons for christmas! I want to see if I can convince someone to do that, it would be hilariously silly and perfect.

[nockiemommy]

It would be simple, really ... make 2 white cakes and color them with food dye ... Then use a marbling technique ... Or do a white and a red and marble for the whole peppermint candy effect. Alas, I am definitely seeing more lamingtons in my future!

[Inlander]

Oh no, you misunderstand: it's not a jam vs. cream debate, it's a filling vs. no filling debate. When you get a lamington in Australia it's an even bet whether it's going to have jam in the middle or nothing. Personally I prefer no filling: I have a suspicion that a lot of people put a layer of jam in the middle of their lamingtons in a desperate attempt to compensate for the fact that the sponge is too dry. Ideally you want a light, moist sponge with a deliciously moist chocolate coating.

[nockiemommy]

Oh no, you misunderstand: it's not a jam vs. cream debate, it's a filling vs. no filling debate. When you get a lamington in Australia it's an even bet whether it's going to have jam in the middle or nothing. Personally I prefer no filling: I have a suspicion that a lot of people put a layer of jam in the middle of their lamingtons in a desperate attempt to compensate for the fact that the sponge is too dry. Ideally you want a light, moist sponge with a deliciously moist chocolate coating.

*GASP* Alas! I blanked on trying them sans filling ... Dammit. Well, I suppose I should get the baking-sweets out of my system before I seriously start working off this baby-weight. More lamingtons tomorrow LOL .. This time ONE batch plain, no filling. I might like that even more than with the jam!

[Jimmy the Squid]

Oh shit. Oh shit lamingtons. I have to have one as soon as I get paid. Shit.