Cooper and Milla's - The Monster Chocolate Lamington

Purchased at Cooper and Milla's in Armadale - it was the last one that day!

Price - $6!

Consumption - 3pm

Score - 7.5/10

The Cooper and Milla Lamington is the lamington that started all of this blogging nonsense.

The first time I had this lamington I was blown away.  The balance of sponge, jam in the middle, the chocolate ganache and shaved coconut were great! I also shared this with someone (Toby) because it was so big.

This time I ate it all myself - not the best idea - I felt a bit sick.  However, the strawberry jam, sponge, chocolate ganache and shaved coconut combo still works.  The sponge was a bit dry - this could be because it was the end of the day.

Moral of the story, don't be a pig girl when you know you should share it, otherwise you won't enjoy it as much as you could.

Yael's Chocolate Lamington

Purchased at Thomas Dux in Armadale

Price - $1.95

Consumption - 6pm, nothing like a pre-gym lamington snack

Score - 7.5/10

The first time I had a Yael's lamington (pre LL), I think it may have been sitting around for a bit, and it was not as fresh as it could have been - I felt like I needed to give them a second chance - such a sacrifice.

Anyway, I am very glad I did.  The sponge was lovely and moist and almost chewy, i think it might be more of a butter/maderia cake than a traditional sponge - excellent idea, i think i might have to try that!  The chocolate was like a ganache, not too sweet, but nice and thick, and as you can see the shredded coconut tops it off - delicious, and just the perfect size given the richness of the cake part.

I've looked Yael's up online and it would appear they make a name for themselves baking delicious looking things, including some "new" salted caramel mini tarts - I might have to find an excuse to try those sometime.

http://www.yael.com.au/

http://www.thomasdux.com.au/ 

Mr McQueen Raspberry Lamington

Purchased at Mr McQueen in Prahran/Armadale, Melbourne

Price - $2.40 (I think it

Consumption - 1pm

Score - 8/10

I haven't mentioned until now that raspberry lamingtons are my favourite - but they are, I think it has something to do with raspberry being sort of jamish, and I like jam quite alot (altho not plum jam as it is not real jam, it is just a way of preserving fruit in a mushed up sugary format - just one of my rackets, anywho...)

So back to the lamington at hand - a good example of how to differentiate your lamington - cut your sponge in half and stick it back together again with jam (yay!) before jellying and coconuting it.

The sponge was nice and light (and really tasty) and very fresh, the jam filling was strawberry (tick), there was a great covering of jelly, and the coconut as you can see is the shredded kind - yum!

The size was smaller than the average lamington, but just the right size to go with my afternoon cup of tea!

I have tried to find a web address to Mr McQueen, but since they've just opened, they might not have one, so if you feel like good lamington, good coffee, and breakfast (including toast with jam (yay!) made in house and served to you in the preserving jar it was made in) head to this (physical) address: 

Mr McQueen, 465 High St, Prahran (and they're closed on Mondays)

PS I would just like to reference the use of the oxford comma above as it was mentioned on Triple R breakfasters this week, and I'm with Jess McGuire that it should be used more :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma