The Veggie Indian: Lamingtons : Lemon Pound cake with Choco Dressing

When Gayathri gave this months Challenge for making Eggless Lamingtons, I was so skeptical since I had this similar thing in Turkey and that was fabulous. Off course there was Egg in it and I was not sure how will that taste without it. Anyways, I looked for the recipes and got through this one from K.O Rasoi. Fab pics and good description, this was my choice for the day.

They say, always check the measurements and ingredients well before start baking. And people like me, repeat the same mistake again and again. Like this time, where the recipe says Sour Cream, I picked up Single Cream packet and where it said Lemon Zest, I had Lemon Juice. After jotting down everything on the Platform, when I went back to the recipe page, my mind blew off and I cursed my laziness a lot. But then I had to make something, I thought of making Lamingtons some other day and continued with the things in hand. I was actually hoping to get something tasty if not a Pound cake with whatever Ingredients I had.

The moment when you check with the skewer if the cake is done or not arrived, and I hopelessly tried it once, perfectly clean.. hmm... then again, ohh wow ! It seems nice. I turned off the oven and took it out. Blimey !! What a wonderful smell and texture it was boasting. And when I tasted it, I jumped over with excitement. It was truly one of the best cakes, I have had ever in my life.. And am not exaggerating. I bet you would say the same if you try the recipe to the T. Its really a keeper with its melting in mouth taste and am definitely going to try with variations again.

Thank you Gayathri for this amazing Challenge, or I never would have played with the Ingredients and a special thanks to my laziness too :)

What to use :

2 cups Self raising Flour
1 cup Skimmed Milk powder
1 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Butter
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup Single Cream ( Malayi )
1/2 cup Orange Juice
1/4 cup Lemon Juice

For the Chocolate Dressing

1/4 cup Nutella
1 Medium chocolate bar
1/2 cup Single Cream
1/2 cup dessicated coconut

How to Make ?

Sift together the dry Ingredients and keep aside.
In a seperate bowl, mix together Cream, butter and Sugar till it gets fluffy. This will take around 7-8 minutes of continuous whisking.
Add on Orange Juice and Lemon juice and mix again for a minute.
Gradually start mixing flour to this mixture, folding gently and not rigorously. Take care not to beat it too much.
Grease a Baking Tin with Oil and pour in the cake mix into it.
Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180 degrees. Check with a skewer or knife and if comes out clean, let the cake cool for sometime.

While its getting cooler, prepare the chocolate sauce.
Throw in the chocolate pieces in a bowl and micro for 30 seconds. Chocolate burns out very quickly so check once in between and stir it.
Add nutella into the warm chocolate and mix well
Add Cream to the mix and heat it again for 30 sec. Take it out and keep aside, you can also keep it inside Fridge for 10 minutes to allow the temperature come down quickly. The main aim is to apply the chocolate which is not too hot, else it will make the cake soggy quickly.

Meanwhile, our cake has cooled down. Cut it into rectangular strips and pile the chocolate dressing over one of the strip. Place the other strip on top of it and cut into squares.
Dip those squares in the chocolate mix and roll them over the coconut.

My Notes:

I like serving them a little warm since they melt in mouth when warm. Jutst micro them for 15 sec and enjoy the luxury
They are extremely high in empty calories, so diet watchers, please be aware.. They are so so addictive :)