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You are here: Home / Recipes (all gluten & grain free) / Dairy Free / Australia Day ‘Paleo’ Lamingtons

Australia Day ‘Paleo’ Lamingtons

January 24, 2016 by whatannabelcooks 8 Comments

lamington bliss balls

There are so many fabulous things about being Australian.  I feel truly blessed to call Australia home (& I love the Peter Allen song too).  What a privilege to live in a beautiful, safe, friendly country. Whilst Australia doesn’t have the loooooong culinary history many other countries have, we are trying, and on Australia Day we try to serve all the Aussie food fare at once.  Some of which is dubiously ‘borrowed’ from our Eastern Island of New Zealand, but in any event it’s a day of lamb, shrimps on the barbie, pavlova and lamingtons (& beer I suspect for many).  Some might even have introduced kangaroo into their Australia Day BBQ.

This year, we’re going to friends for an Australia Day BBQ (funny as Kelly is American, but hosting the party!) and I’m bringing dessert, but before that, tonight, we are having Veronika & Alex from The Pumpkin House over for dinner.  They are Slovenian and this will be their first Australia Day, so we are celebrating early with them, and our lovely neighbours (part Spanish & Dutch) tonight. Actually come to think of it,  one of the joys of Australian life is getting to know many from further afield!

On our menu tonight is slow roasted leg of lamb served with last week’s roasted pumpkin & Perisan feta salad then we’ll have lamingtons 3 ways and pavlova 3 ways.

Before we get to the lamingtons, if you follow me on Facebook, you’ll know that I had a ‘pavlova palarver’ last night.  Firstly I tried to make a ‘healthier’ version of pavlova by using xylitol instead of sugar.  Fail #1.  It was rubbery and spongey.  Tastes ok but definitely not a pav to introduce to new friends. I have tried a year or so ago to use coconut sugar and whilst it tasted caramely it was quite flat, much like fail #2.

Then I opted for full sugar sugar.  I don’t know what happened, perhaps I didn’t beat the egg whites enough, perhaps the bowl wasn’t dry enough, perhaps it was the defrosted egg whites. In any event, it was a sloppy, runny mess.  Cooked up ok, if you like skinny pavlova discs…

Then I put the call out to those of you on Facebook.  HEEELLLPPPP.  Most of you helpfully/unhelpfully advised to use a Kitchenaid not a Thermomix.  Helpful if I hadn’t sold my Kitchenaid in order to buy the Thermomix.  Unhelpful because I no longer have a Kitchenaid.  I almost opted for the hand held beaters but I was determined to make it work.  I cleaned the bowl with vinegar and dried it completely.  I turned the air conditioning on because it was so humid.  I used fresh room temp egg whites and I followed this recipe to the letter. Phew, I’m proud to say it WORKED!!  Will post on social media the decorated version later today (am thinking mango & cream).  I love that it’s the posts with my failures that get the biggest responses 😉

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So tonight I think I’ll give my guests a taste of all 3 pavs.

Back to the lamingtons. No disasters here I’m pleased to say.

Lamington #1:

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Store bought white fluffy ‘normal’ lamington (I thought they should get to try the ‘original’).

Lamington #2:

lamington bliss balls

The Lamington Bliss Ball (see recipe below).  This is a true winner.  Doesn’t have the ‘cake-y’ centre but totally has the chocolate coconut flavours.  Best thing is you can make these year round and get a taste of Australia anytime. I even made this little lamington bliss balls video for you of these.

Australia Day 'Paleo' Lamingtons
 
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Author: Annabel
Ingredients
  • 8 Medjool dates
  • 1 cup (toasted optional) nuts (I used slivered almonds because I had them but macadamias would be even better and more Australian!)
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut
  • 2 Tbsp raw cacao powder
  • 1-2 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste
  • 1-2 Tbsp water
Directions
  1. Blitz all ingredients together in a food processor/blender or Thermomix until desired consistency.
  2. Roll into balls and then roll in extra coconut.
  3. Store in fridge or freezer.
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Lamington #3:

paleo lamingtonsPaleo/gluten, grain & dairy free lamington.  This has the cake centre – reasonably dense but very tasty.  They look like the real deal too.  Here is the recipe I used for these lamingtons.  Yummo.  Here are the steps too:

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annabel cooks paleo lamingtons

So, Happy Australia Day everyone!

Annabel x

 

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Comments

  1. Margie says

    August 18, 2020 at 4:47 pm

    Looks Awesome ! Thanx for sharing da!

    Reply
  2. Blanca says

    August 20, 2020 at 1:18 am

    Delicious! I love it. Thank you for the recipe!

    Reply
  3. Jimmy says

    August 21, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    It looks so tasty. I will try to make it this weekend. Thank your post much!

    Reply
  4. Beryl says

    September 3, 2020 at 5:05 pm

    Tried making this tonight. Followed the receipie exactly as written. Seemed like the cake mixture was way too oily. Even after cooking it came out with the consistency of set gelatin.
    Is there a mistake the receipe above? Has anyone else tried this receipe with success?

    Reply
    • whatannabelcooks says

      September 3, 2020 at 5:14 pm

      Hi Beryl,
      Are you referring to the ‘cake’ recipe (not the bliss balls)? If so, I have made it … was a little while ago but came out well. It’s not my original recipe, but happy to trouble shoot if you’d like to – easiest to email me on hello@annabelbateman.com
      Annabel

      Reply
  5. Chelsea says

    November 11, 2020 at 1:01 pm

    These look fab! Can’t wait to try them out 🙂

    Reply
  6. Kelly says

    November 12, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    It’s also common to make the cake the day before icing the lamingtons as it holds the shape better. Really fresh cake can crumble. Can’t wait to try this version of one of my favourite treats. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  7. Susan Poolarea says

    June 10, 2021 at 1:01 pm

    These look fab! Can’t wait to try them out 🙂

    Reply

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