Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit in Carlton!

Saturday 22^nd January – Sunday 5^th February

Lunar New Year is celebrated by nearly 2 billion people worldwide. In 2023, Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 22, when participants will say goodbye to the Year of the Tiger and usher in the Year of the Rabbit.

The entrance to the Lunar New Year (January 22^nd) means another year of the Rabbit on the Lunar calendar! To celebrate the commencement of another year, Brunetti Classico Carlton will be offering a selection of festive cakes from January 21^st until the Lantern Festival on Sunday February 5^th.

The year 2023 is predicted to be a year of hope, with rabbit being said to be the luckiest of all 12 Chinese zodiacs. It symbolises mercy, peace, elegance, beauty and vigor. “Rabbits” (those born in a year of the Rabbit) are believed to be vigilant, witty, quick-minded, and ingenious.

Traditionally, Lunar New Year is a time to honor ancestors and deities, marked by family reunions, parades and fireworks. While based on the Lunar calendar, Lunar New Year is also celebrated in Korea, Singapore, Mongolia, Tibet and Vietnam and in Asian communities around the world.

Our chefs have been hard at work to make catering your Lunar New Year event a breeze. With a range of new and classic products available, Brunetti Classico has something for every event – conveniently located in the heart of Carlton. Join us at Melbourne’s most iconic cake shop from Chinese New Year’s Eve on January the 21^st until the Lantern Festival on February 5^th.

Presenting our Lunar New Year Celebration cake filled with a vanilla mousse with a mandarin cremeaux on a lime madelaine base and expertly decorated by our chefs with Chinese chocolate coins, shiny red glaze and splashes of gold! Symbolising luck and prosperity for the new year ahead!

Searching for a selection of cakes to celebrate Lunar New Year?  Our Con Amore or Royale celebration cakes are perfectly decorated and readily available to shop in store and online.

Con Amore (with love)

This iconic Brunetti Classico cake is a luscious dark chocolate and raspberry mousse cake, with a vanilla crème brulee centre, and a thin choc. orange cake base with a layer of raspberry jam. Beautifully decorated with a red glaze and chocolate accents – this cake looks great and tastes even better!

This cake is available in a number of sizes varying from 6 portions to 50 portions. With the smaller portion sizes often available for same day pick up from our Carlton store.  Make sure to remove this cake from the fridge 2-3 hours prior to serving or serve immediately as a semi-freddo ice cream cake!

Larger portion sizes can require up to 14 days preparation time. Get in contact to learn more!

Royale

Another iconic Brunetti Classico cake – this is a dark chocolate mousse with a thin layer of hazelnut crunchy and chocolate flourless sponge. With a velvety red finish and topped with chocolate decorations – your Lunar New Year celebrations aren’t complete without this cake!

As part of our flourless sponge range – this cake is a great gluten friendly option*.

This cake is available in a number of sizes varying from 6 portions to 50 portions. With the smaller portion sizes often available for same day pick up from our Carlton store.  Make sure to remove this cake from the fridge 2-3 hours prior to serving or serve immediately as a semi-freddo ice cream cake!

Larger portion sizes can require up to 14 days preparation time. Get in contact to learn more!

*Due to the large amount of flour used in our kitchen, cross contamination can’t be avoided, and all products may contain traces of gluten.

The Lunar calendar operates on a 12-year cycle, with each year linked to one of a dozen animals — rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. This lunar year ends on the 10th of February 2024 – ringing in the year of the Dragon.

Which animal are you?

Discover La Dolce Vita this Chinese New Year with Melbourne’s most famous and iconic pasticceria, Brunetti Classico.

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