Classic Lamington with raspberry cream.

Did you know the history of lamingtons in Australia is a subject of debate. One claim suggests that the dessert was created when a maid of Lord Lamington, the eighth Governor of Queensland, accidentally dropped a sponge cake into melted chocolate. Another claim attributes the invention to Armand Galland, the French Chef to Lord Lamington, who is said to have cut up leftover sponge cake, dipped it in chocolate, and covered it in coconut to serve to unexpected guests.

The earliest written reference to lamingtons was in 1900 when a recipe appeared in Queensland Country Life newspaper, where it was called "Lady Lamington's cake".

No matter their origin nothing more Australian than six dozen of these little beauties.