Lamingtons with blackberry jam and cream

Babiche Martens

Makes 12

Blackberry jam

3 cups	Blackberries (Main)
½	Cinnamon sticks
1	Lemon, peel only
½ tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
2 cups	Sugar

Lamingtons

3	Eggs
¼ tsp	Salt
¾ cup	Caster sugar
1 cup	Self raising flour (Main)
½ tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
50 g	Butter, melted

Icing

2 Tbsp	Cocoa powder
1 tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
1	Water, boiling
25 g	Butter, melted
2 cups	Icing sugar (Main)
1 to serve	Cream
1 to dust	Coconut

Directions

1. To make the jam, place all the ingredients into a heavy-based saucepan and bring to a simmer, stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
2. Skim the froth as the jam comes to a boil. Boil rapidly for 8 minutes then pour into sterilised jars.
3. To make the lamingtons, preheat the oven to 180C. Beat the eggs with salt and sugar until thick and creamy.
4. Fold the flour into the wet mixture with the vanilla and melted butter. Pour into a lined baking dish and cook for 25 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly touched. Leave in the tin to cool before turning out. Cut into squares.
5. Cut the sponge into squares. Dissolve the cocoa, vanilla and sugar into the boiling water and melted butter. Whisk in the icing sugar then dip in the sponge before rolling in coconut.
6. Serve the lamingtons, sliced and filled with jam and whipped cream.