Most stories attribute its creation to Lord Lamington's chef, the French-born Armand Galland, who was called upon at short notice to feed unexpected guests. Using only the limited ingredients available, Galland cut up some left-over French vanilla sponge cake baked the day before, dipped the slices in chocolate and set them in coconut. Impressed by Galland's creation, Lamington's guests were said to have later asked for the recipe. Coconut was not widely used in European cooking at that time, but was known to Galland, whose wife was from Tahiti, where coconut was a common ingredient.
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Sponge cake
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125 g Cake flour
10 g Corn starch
75 g Marzipan raw 50%
90 g Granulated sugar
30 g Honey
10 g Vanilla paste
250 g Eggs
60 g Clarified butter
10 g Invert sugar
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Use room temperature ingredients.
Mix the marzipan, honey, vanilla, eggs, sugar and invert sugar in food processor to obtain, the smooth consistency. Move it to the stand mixer bowl and incorporate the clarified butter. Sift flour and corn starch and add it into the bowl on the medium speed using the paddle attachment.
Spread the mixture on the silicone tray then bake for 15 min at 160°C until the sponge rises.
Strawberry coulis
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250 g strawberry puree
40 g raspberry puree
40 g Invert sugar
6 g Pectin NH
40 g Granulated sugar
50 g Gelatin mix
5 g Citric acid solution
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Combine purees and heat them with invert sugar to 40°C.
Mix the sugar and pectin NH then add into the purees and bring to a boil.
Add the gelatin mix and citric acid solution at the end.
Leave to cool down before use.
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Chocolate ganache ⠀
190 g Dark chocolate 67%
250 g Cream
25 g Glucose syrup
15 g Butter
15 g Neutral glaze cold
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Prepare a standard chocolate ganache, then finish by the neutral glaze and butter . Emulsify then crystallise before use.
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Between 2 sponge cakes spread the strawberry coulis, then cover the cake with chocolate ganache and sprinkle over the coconut flakes.
Use your imagination to creative decoration and enjoy.