Lily Jones aka Lily Vanilli has a spectacularly popular bakery just off Columbia road. On a recent visit to the flower market on Columbia road, we were busy exploring every off street and doorway when we stumbled across Lily Vanilli. Despite passing many makeshift coffee shops and bakeries along the road, we decided that the queue trailing out of this particular establishment was worth the wait. Once inside the rather small bakery you able to see the fine goods available. Pomegranate Victoria sponge, choc chip cookies, veggie sausage rolls and home made red onion and feta tarts are spread across the counter enticing you further in. We eventually settled for the two great taste award winners however, and they did not disappoint.
Now brownies on the whole are a crowd pleaser. I could recommend at least three brownie retailers who all individual manage to stir up some very special textures and flavours that reduce me to silence. rich ones, undercooked ones, nutty ones, chunky ones and ones with caramel running through the middle. This rivals all of these. I'm not sure if it wins but it certainly deserves the two stars awarded at the great taste awards in 2011 and definitely makes my all time brownie list!The cherry bake-well tart is the show stopper here and features on Lily Vanilli's website as the bakery's specialty in a very arty video http://www.lilyvanilli.com/ . Now many bake-wells are hard to get right, the almond frangipane all too often is too dense for what should be a delicate tart. However Lily gets the texture just right here, beautifully light with great pastry and sharp fruit. Again a winner for Lily Vanilli at the great taste awards in 2011, but I would give it three stars not two.
If the bakery hadn't have been so busy due to the Sunday flower market, I would have stayed or a coffee and a sit down lunch. So I will have to return next time I get a bake-well craving.
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