The Australian state of Queensland is laying claim as the home of lamington cakes, and given the delicious chocolate sponge cake was named after Lady Lamington, who lived at Government House in Brisbane, this seems somewhat logical.
Lady Lamington, the mistress of Government House in Brisbane, found herself in just such a predicament in 1900, when [...]
Lamingtons are from Queensland, pavlovas from New Zealand
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 8 June, 2009 to the comment subset
World Youth Day: Tim Tams not loaves and fishes
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 9 June, 2008 to the events subset
On the subject of Tim Tams, pilgrims attending the World Youth Day event in Sydney next month will share almost one million Tim Tams between them, among a range of Australian fare that also includes lamingtons and meat pies.
On the [Catholic] church’s food shopping list for World Youth Day is 990,000 Tim Tams, Wagon Wheel [...]
