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.

Welcome

Hi Anyone


Inspired by my good buddy Anna, I've decided to start a blog about something I feel I am an excellent judge of, and also am very enthusiastic about - the humble lamington. 


The lamington has questionable origins, claimed by Australians to be named being invented in Queensland and named after Lord Lamington (the 8th Governor of Queensland in the late 1800's), but like many things Australia claims as it's own, it was just as likely invented in NZ as suggested in other readings.  


Regardless, the lamington in both NZ and Australia both uses the same concept - sponge cake inside a (often chocolate) flavoured shell, coated in coconut.


Lamingtons can be found at all good bake sales, and are creeping back into fashion again in good cafes and posh hotels as high tea becomes more popular again - yippee!


Anywho, this is a ledger, although not for the purposes of recording business transactions, but rather the recording consumptive actions - and besides I like alliteration.


Yours coated in coconut,
wb