Overview
Another month, another round of Lune Croissanterie specials — aka the tastiest thing about flipping over your calendar. The beloved bakery celebrates all 12 parts of the year with a different lineup of treats, such as lamington cruffins among its January specials earlier this year, bolognese and bechamel-filled lasagne pastries in June, and Iced Vovo cruffins and tiramisu pastries in July. With spring now upon us, it's going pink and floral.
On Lune's September menu: finger bun croissants and cherry blossom cruffins. If you like beloved desserts that have been turned into other sweet treats — or mashups, food hybrids and the Frankenstein's monsters of baked goods, all those labels fit — prepare to be in culinary heaven. They're both exactly what they sound like, which is delicious, and you can only get them between Thursday, September 1–Friday, September 30.
If the finger bun croissants have your tastebuds in a tizzy, they're an old Lune favourite that's making a comeback in-store in Fitzroy and South Brisbane, and also online at the latter. They're made with traditional croissants that are brushed with strawberry syrup, then filled with a coconut milk frangipane and house-made strawberry jam. On top: a whipped coconut icing, because a finger bun isn't a finger bun without the icing. And yes, they're also dipped in desiccated coconut.
Feel like celebrating spring with cherry blossom cruffins? You know how cruffins work by now — the ol' muffin-croissant mashup that they are — and these ones have been piped with whipped cherry blossom ganache and raspberry jam. That's what you'll find on the inside, which definitely counts. On the outside, expect a dusting of icing sugar and freeze-dried raspberry powder, then a cherry blossom meringue on top. And you can nab these from the same spots: in-store in Fitzroy and South Brisbane, and online at South Brisbane as well.
The September specials list also boasts an everything croissant at all stores — a new product that's made from strips of herb filled pastry which are twisted into a bun, then covered with Lune's 'everything bagel'-inspired seasoning, and also piped with a chive cream cheese after they're baked.
And, all stores are doing choc-chip cookies, too, which sees Lune fill its pain au chocolate with a biscuit frangipane and extra chocolate chips, then add dulcey ganache and chunks of choc chip cookies on top when they're out of the oven.
Just at Fitzroy and South Brisbane (including online at the latter), there's coconut Kouign Amanns as well — and as a South Brisbane exclusive, asparagus danishes.
If you're on snacks duty for September — in the office or at home — your job just got easier and tastier.
Lune's September specials menu runs from Thursday, September 1–Friday, September 30, with different specials on offer at Fitzroy and the CBD in Melbourne, and South Brisbane and Burnett Lane in Brisbane. From the South Brisbane store only, you can also order them online.
Images: Pete Dillon.