Lolly cake
A lolly cake or lolly log is an unbaked New Zealand sweet dish that features lollies (candy) as a key ingredient.[1]
Origins
The exact origins of lolly cake are unknown. Lolly cakes are known to have been consumed in the 1940s, but were not commonly available until the 1960s in supermarkets.[citation needed] Lolly cake is similar to chocolate salami and fifteens.
Recipe
Traditionally, explorer lollies (known as eskimo lollies prior to March 2021 following the George Floyd protests)[2] or fruit puffs are used, which are like firm, but soft and chewy, marshmallows. They are added to the base mixture, which consists of crushed plain malt biscuits combined with melted butter and sweetened condensed milk.[3] The mixture is usually pressed into a log shape and rolled in desiccated coconut, and then refrigerated until set and sliced.[4] Other ingredients can be added or substituted.
Availability
Lolly cakes can be found in most New Zealand supermarkets, bakeries and some dairies and petrol stations. In July 2021, Canterbury cookie company Cookie Time introduced a lolly cake biscuit in supermarkets and other retailers. Night 'n Day was the first retailer to sell it.[5]
Gallery
- Sliced lolly cake, with a coconut coating
- A selection of café cakes including lolly cake from Waimate
References
- ^ Cuthbert, Pippa; Wilson, Lindsay Cameron (2007). Cookies!. New Holland Publishers. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-84537-681-9. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ "Pascall Eskimos lollies changes name to Kiwi-inspired 'Explorers' after racist undertones". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Cooking Time: Lolly Cake on YouTube
- ^ Freeman, Isaac. "A Natural History of Lolly Cake". Christchurch, New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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