Lamingtons

Lately blogging and even cooking have become an weekend affair for me.After my last post, I don’t think I have visited this space more than twiceL That too not more than few minutes..

I am caught up in the midst of a whirlpool at work and I can say that  I am virtually living in my office and coming home just for sleeping. Needless to say my kitchen and oven have been idle for weeks..The craziest part is I am even dreaming of work, slides, and even colleagues..to be specific bossesL. Every morning when I wake up, I feel like I just came out of  a long exhausting meeting.

To keep myself sane, I am making some time for some fun activities as well. DH and I have started going to mandarin classes..which turned out to be 2 hrs of sit-up comedy. 4 classes down and I can’t even remember 4 phrases. And even those 4 , when I tried on my colleagues, I got weird looks, stares and one even said never ever say that loud again. So I am absolutely sure I haven’t even nailed down a single phrase yet.The most difficult part for me is the tones..Oo man , no wonder why Chinese people are way smarter. If they can master such a difficult language they ought to be smart !

And yes, we started Salsa classes too, thatz was weird at start ..but turning out just like the mandarin classes...Two classes down and our dance doesn’t look even look a teeny tiny bit close to Real salsa dance.

Before you get bored of activity calendar, let me bring you back to today’s recipe. Lamingtons!

Lamingtons Recipe adapted From Joy of baking Ingredients 1 Cup Flour 1 tspn Baking powder Pinch of salt ¼ Cup butter 1/3 Cup sugar 1 Egg 2 tbspn Orange Juice 1 tnspn Orange Zest ¼ Cup Milk For Chocolate Coating:  2 Cup icing Sugar 3 tbspn Cocoa powder 2 tbspn Butter ¼ Cup Milk 1 Cup desiccated coconut for coating  Directions Sift together the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. In a bowl beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg , orange juice and zest and continue to beat well. Slowly add the flour and milk alternately and mix well until the batter the smooth Pour the batter into a pan and bake in a 180 degrees  pre-heated oven for 25 minutes Let it cool on a wire rack , wrap it in a cling wrap and keep it in refrigerator for few hours. This makes it easier to slice it without crumbling. Slice the cake into 1 inch cubes. To prepare the icing, mix all ingredients in a bowl, place it over a pan of simmering water and stir until smooth . Now roll up the sleeves and dip the cake in the icing , roll it in coconut and place it in wire rack. Repeat the same for rest of the cake slices.

I ran out of icing..so made some..not so lamingtons..!