Here in Canada, it is suddenly a celebration of all things Australian: Vegemite sandwiches, Lamingtons, Tim Tams, Waltzing Matilda, The Man from Snowy River. It is just so awesome to be Australian.
I think I'd better defrost the barbie...
Lamingtons. None of the bakeries around here know what a lamington is. Not a problem - we're Australian - we can cope with these sorts of adversities - we'll just make them ourselves.
First, we need a sponge cake mix. Guess what? They don't have sponge cake mix in Canada either. It's called Angel Food cake.
After an aborted attempt to cook a packet mix of Angel Food cake (unfamiliar oven plus poor kitchen skills equals a bit of a mess...) I found a bakery that made me a big slab of sponge.
Delle's infinitely better culinary ability soon had that sponge chopped up into lammo sized blocks and had them covered in chocolate and coconut.
Mmmm - Lamingtons...
Tim Tams - It seems that not too many Canadian supermarkets stock Tim Tams.
Luckily Google knew where to find them - in the Real Canadian Superstore.
Well, our Aus Day preparations are pretty much complete. I'll sort the Vegemite sangers tomorrow so they are nice and fresh...
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