A lolly cake or lolly log is a

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cake or confectionery that features "lollies" (candy) as a key ingredient. The exact origins of this cake are unknown. Lolly cakes are known to have been consumed in the 1940s, but were not commonly available until the 1960s in supermarkets. The cake is similar to the "

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" and to "

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Recipe

Traditionally, ''Explorer lollies'' (known as ''Eskimo lollies'' prior to March 2021) or fruit puffs are used, which are like firm, but soft and chewy,

marshmallows Marshmallow (, ) is a type of confectionery that is typically made from sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a solid-but-soft consistency. It is used as a filling in baking or normally molded into shapes and coated with corn starch. The sugar ...

. They are added to the base mixture, which consists of crushed plain malt biscuits combined with melted butter and sweetened

condensed milk Condensed milk is cow's milk from which water has been removed (roughly 60% of it). It is most often found with sugar added, in the form of ''sweetened condensed milk'' (SCM), to the extent that the terms "condensed milk" and "sweetened conden ...

. The mixture is usually pressed into a log shape and rolled in coconut, and then refrigerated until set and sliced. Other ingredients can be added or substituted.

Availability

Lolly cakes can be found in most New Zealand supermarkets, bakeries and some

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and petrol stations. In July 2021,

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cookie company

Cookie Time Cookie Time Ltd is a New Zealand company based in Christchurch, New Zealand which has been manufacturing snack foods since 1983. It is fronted by a mascot known as the Cookie Muncher. The company's factory, with a shop for members of the pub ...

introduced a lolly cake biscuit in supermarkets and other retailers.

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was the first retailer to sell it.

References

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