Reinventing the classics - Raspberry Apple muffin takes lessons from Dior!

This weekend started as most should, with a NBM meeting and a muffin.

Happy River Cafe is situated right next door to the Footscray Community Arts Centre.

We arrived in the gorgeous morning sunlight to find the outside tables packed! Kids were playing on the grass with the supplied toys while their parents sipped coffee at the make shift tables.

There was plenty of room indoors though and we were served super quickly.  

Coffee was good and the muffin was BIG.

Raspberry Apple

This muffin had my definition of the perfect muffin top!

Crunchy around the edges and cracking under pressure to reveal a soft. Moist, still warm inside.  My first bite was filled with warm raspberry, just tart enough apple and the texture of cocnut – perfection!

It took me at least 5 bites to get through the muffin top and every bite was as good as the last!

Fruit to flour ration was fantastic, they are packing in the fruit here and it was all too soon gone!

No points for originality of flavours but they win the points back with perfecting a classic!  

I couldn't help but compare this muffin to this Spring 2014 Dior dress:

Raspberry and Apple green, instantly appealing, classic but interesting.

Gorgeous neck detail but maintaining the interest down below.....

I could go on!  But back to the muffin...

This may be the new yardstick!  

All things considered:

Presentation ('cause we all judge a muffin by it's top...) - 4.5/5

First bite - 4.5/5

Flavour: Flour Ratio - 4/5

Inspired architecture of Flavour - 2.5/5

Overall muffin scoffing experience - 3.5/5

Service with a Smile? - 4/5

Bang for Buck$ - 3.5/5

Its a 3.95/5!

Upon finishing our muffin the fun was not over for NBM.  Not only were we treated to some impromptu Hip Hop dancing and performances but we were also allowed to have first jump on the jumping castle!

If only every weekend could start like this!

See whats happening at Footscray Arts Centre this weekend .... 

Dior optional but possibly not conducive to castle jumping.

45 Moreland Street Footscray.

Happy muffin scoffing!

Jess and Suz