Name: Orange and pecan lamingtons
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 125.00 g butter; 200.00 g sugar; 2.00 eggs large; 65.00 ml milk; 10.00 ml orange zest only; 210.00 g flour cake; 5.00 ml Baking powder; 1.00 ml salt; 125.00 ml honey; 375.00 ml sugar; 300.00 ml orange juice; 150.00 g pecan nuts finely chopped

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Ingredients (12)

125.00 g	butter
200.00 g	sugar
2.00	eggs — large
65.00 ml	milk
10.00 ml	orange — zest only
210.00 g	flour — cake
5.00 ml	Baking powder
1.00 ml	salt

SYRUP

125.00 ml	honey
375.00 ml	sugar
300.00 ml	orange juice
150.00 g	pecan nuts — finely chopped

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Method:

Grease a 23 cm square baking tin. Beat butter and sugar together until light.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir in milk and orange zest, then fold in sifted flour, baking powder and salt.
Spoon into baking tin and bake in a preheated 180 °C oven for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
Leave to stand for 10 minutes before removing from the baking tin.
Leave the cake to cool on a rack and then cut into squares.
SYRUP
Heat the honey, sugar and orange juice together until the sugar has dissolved.
Bring to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
Dip pieces of cake into the syrup and then roll them in chopped pecan nuts. Leave to set on a cooling rack.