Lamington Recipe & Lamington History For National Lamington Day

Updated July 2026 July 21st is National Lamington Day. What’s a lamington? It’s a sponge cake dipped in chocolate and topped with desiccated coconut that Australians enjoy at breakfast, afternoon tea, or dessert. A kitchen accident, it is one of Australia’s most famous desserts (the other is the Pavlova). The classic lamington can be single…
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A Pina Colada Cake Recipe For National Pina Colada Day

Goslings Rum adapted this rom Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes by Alisa Huntsman (photo #6). It’s an iced brown sugar cake made with pineapple, coconut, and lots of rum, rum, rum (photo #1)! Goslings Black Seal (photo #2) is a full-flavored dark, barrel-aged rum blended in Bermuda from different triple pot-distilled rums. The raw rum…
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A Strawberry Shortcake Stack Cake Recipe & Shortcake History

[1] Strawberry Shortcake, in the stack cake style. The recipe is below (photo © Go Bold With Butter). [2] Multiberry shortcake made with pound cake. Here’s the recipe; or, simply buy a pound cake loaf and berries. You’ll need to whip your own cream, but you can substitute mascarpone (photo © The Baker Chick). [3]…
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