Recipe: Christopher Thé's green ant lamingtons - Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

Ingredients

• 300g (101⁄2 oz/2 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted
• 15g (1⁄2 oz) baking powder
• 2g (1⁄16 oz/1⁄2 teaspoon) ground lemon myrtle
• 200g (7 oz) butter, diced
• 200g (7 oz) caster (superfine) sugar
• 6g (1⁄8 oz/1 teaspoon) vanilla extract
• 165g (6 oz/approx. 3) whole eggs
• 250g (9 oz) buttermilk
• 350 g (12 1⁄2 oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar
• 25 g (1 oz) cocoa powder
• 10 g (1⁄4 oz) butter, diced
• 60 g (2 oz) boiling water
• 200 g (7 oz) desiccated (shredded) coconut
• 30 g (1 oz/2 tablespoons) green ants
• 3 g (1⁄10 oz/1 teaspoon) ground lemon myrtle