Lolly cake

A lolly cake or lolly log is a New Zealand cake or confectionery that features "lollies" (candy/sweets/confectionery) as a key ingredient.[1]

Lolly cake
Sliced lolly cake
Alternative namesLolly log
TypeCake or confection
Place of originNew Zealand
Created by1940s
Main ingredientsMalt biscuits, butter, sweetened condensed milk, fruit puff sweets (usually Eskimo Lollies)
Food energy
(per serving)
1100 kcal (4605 kJ)

The exact origins of this cake are not really known. Lolly cakes are known to have been consumed in the 1940s, but were not commonly available until the 1960s in supermarkets.

How it's made

Traditionally Eskimo lollies or fruit puffs are used, which are like firm, but soft and chewy marshmallows. Chopped lollies are added to the base mixture, which consists of crushed plain malt biscuits combined with melted butter and sweetened condensed milk.[2] The mixture is usually pressed into a log shape and rolled in coconut, and then refrigerated until set and sliced.[3] Other ingredients can be added or substituted. Lolly cakes are very similar to the Northern Ireland traybake confections known as fifteens.

Availability

Lolly cakes can be found in most New Zealand supermarkets, bakeries and some dairies and petrol stations.

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References
  1. Cuthbert, Pippa; Wilson, Lindsay Cameron (2007). Cookies!. New Holland Publishers. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-84537-681-9. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  2. Cooking Time: Lolly Cake on YouTube
  3. Freeman, Isaac. "A Natural History of Lolly Cake". Christchurch, New Zealand. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
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