A square of sponge cake dipped in chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut.
The lamington is widely credited to Queensland Premier Lord Lamington's household in the 1890s, but Sydney's CWA halls and church fetes built the modern recipe. By the 1920s it was standard across NSW bakeries and a staple of school fundraising days. Pierre Roelofs (Cumulus alumnus) and Black Star Pastry have run modern Sydney revivals; the simple sponge-cake square remains the country's most-recognised baked good.
3 editor picks for Lamington in Sydney, ranked by editorial score. All Sydney signature dishes · Lamington across every city.
Flour and Stone ★ 4.7
woolloomooloo · 53 Riley Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Nadine Ingram's pastry bench on Riley Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney. The morning load of panforte slices, lamingtons and brown-butter cakes is gone by 1pm.
Bourke Street Bakery Surry Hills ★ 4.5
surry-hills · 633 Bourke Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
The original Bourke Street Bakery on Bourke Street, Surry Hills, Sydney since 2004. Sausage rolls, sourdough loaves and a takeaway counter daily.
Black Star Pastry ★ 4.5
newtown · 277 Australia Street, Newtown NSW 2042
Black Star Pastry's Newtown original on Australia Street, Sydney since 2008. Strawberry watermelon cake, strong pastry program, weekend queues from open.