Tully from St Augustine's
College at Augustine Heights
in Ipswich about to savour
the delights of the world's
largest lamington.
It's official.
Ipswich has won the title for the largest lamington in the world.
The monster lamington weighed in this morning at the Ipswich Turf Club at a whopping 1.32 tonnes, eclipsing the previous one tonne record set in Melbourne in 2005.
The super-sized lamington is equivalent to 20,894 standard lamingtons.
The giant lamington, named after Lord Lamington Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901, was made from 230 litres of water, 200 litres of eggs, 535 kg of sponge mix, plus 68kg of desiccated coconut, 75kg of jam, and 150 kg of chocolate lamington mix.
The unveiling of the lamington was witnessed by Lord Lamington's great grandchildren Alex Scrimgeour and Belinda Leigh who had travelled from the UK for the event.
Celebrity chef Ipswich Councillor Paul Tully said the gigantic lamington was a work of art which had taken three days to prepare.
"This record will be difficult to break given the culinary dexterity needed to put this giant lamington together," Cr Tully said.
The creator of the Australian icon Lord Lamington once described them as "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits".
PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au
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