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Recipe: Nadiya's Tricolour Cake

August 12, 2022 12:58 IST

Nadiya Sarguroh's pretty-looking Tricolour Cake is an Indianisation, for the occasion of Independence Day, of the classic Lamington Cake.

The Aussie Lamington Cake is individual squares of cake, iced on the exterior with a rich chocolate sauce, that gets absorbed by the cake, and then each piece is rolled in a bed of grated desiccated coconut.

These cakes, it is believed, were served by Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, Lord Lamington, the 19th century governor of the Australian province of Queensland to his guests. He went on to become the governor of Bombay.

Nadiya, who maintains a foodie blog, says it is dedicated to people who enjoy their food but need quick, easy but tasty recipes.

Photograph: Kind courtesy Nadiya Sarguroh

Tricolour Lamington Cake

Servings: 16

Ingredients

For the cake

For the icing

Method

For the sponge cake

For the chocolate icing

For the assembly

Nadiya Sarguroh lives in Mumbai and publishes the food blog HautePot.

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