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Celebrity-loved Vive Cake Boutique welcomes the Lunar New Year with an exclusive collection of cakes and gift sets. Specially created and curated by Founder, Vivien Lau, the Lunar New Year collection is designed to bring joy and happiness in celebration of this deeply important festival in Chinese culture.

“I enjoy creating unique collections to celebrate momentous holidays,” shares Vivien Lau of her new collection. “Chinese New Year especially holds a special place in my heart as it brings loved ones together to welcome the New Year with good fortune and happiness. I hope this collection will bring a smile to everyone’s faces.”

Vivien’s delightful Fortune Piggy (HK$880 for 1lb) headlines the special Lunar New Year collection. A fantastical cake that takes on the theme of the piglet, this multi-colored cake is decorated with the quintessential Lunar New Year staples such as chocolate-made gold ingots and coins, together with a cute piggy bank crafted with white chocolate and VIVE’s iconic Uni-cone.

A surefire hit with adults and children, this uniquely creative and fun cake is available in eight different flavours, including classic flavours such as Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Creamand CrunchiesRed Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese FillingsBanana Cake with Chocolate Buttercream, and Hazelnut Cake with Hazelnut Buttercream. For the adventurous, exciting flavours such as Pistachio Cake with Pistachio ButtercreamEarl Grey Cake with Earl Grey CreamLemon Cake with Lemon Buttercream filled with Lemon CurdGreen Tea Cake with Green Tea Buttercream are available as well. This special cake is available throughout the Year of the Pig; pre-orders are now accepted for collection from 21 January 2019.

Share the perfect gift of Joyous Celebrations (HK$1,388) with loved ones, friends, and colleagues. A chic hamper in tangerine orange with gold trimming, presents VIVE’s Premium Organic Tea Box of 15 teabags carrying an assortment of Oriental Beauty TeaGolden Honey Black Tea, and Alpine Roast Oolong Tea perfectly paired with VIVE Handmade Cookieswith luscious flavours such as rose, cranberries, lemon, coffee, strawberry, almond chocolate, Earl Grey, and cashew nut. The hamper also carries VIVE’s signature Assorted Bonbons (6 pieces) which comes in raspberry, earl grey and praline flavours, and Almond and Cranberry Nougats (18 pieces). Adding a touch of traditional Lunar New Year are Chinese Gold Ingots with Marshmallows (40g), which magically transforms into a warming cup of hot chocolate when placed into a 250mL mug of hot milk!  The luxurious hamper also includes a bottle ofPerrier-Jouët Grand Brut (750mL).

Spread the good fortune and blessings of Chinese New Year with CNY Blessings (HK$498), a petite yet luxurious rose colored gift box bearing geometrical patterns and the positive affirmation, “Do what makes your soul shine!” is thoughtfully curated by Vivien to bring together the perfect blend of sweet comfort.

VIVE Handmade Cookies (13 pieces) in strawberry and almond chocolate flavour made fresh every day will bring to mind a warm and fuzzy feeling; while Almond and Cranberry Nougats (18 pieces) made with trehalose promise a healthier treat option.  Individually wrapped Assorted Bonbons (24 pieces) in raspberry, Earl Grey, and praline pair swimmingly well with VIVE’s Taiwanese Organic Teas (6 tea bags) consisting of Oriental Beauty Tea, Golden Honey Black Tea, and Alpine Roast Oolong Tea, organic and naturally grown in Taiwan.

Vive Cake Boutique’s Lunar New Year gift collection is now available for order until 28 February 2019, for pick up from 21 January 2019.

Vive Cake Boutique has proved a roaring success story since being launched with online orders in 2014 by founder and creative director Vivien Lau, who discovered her passion and talent by chance, making her first cake for a friend’s birthday. Her signature ‘handmade with love’ cakes, cupcakes, macarons, cookies, confectioneries and tailor-made cakes for weddings and special occasions, are all made from scratch from finest ingredients sourced from all over the world.

VIVE’s widespread acclaim includes Time Out’s listing among the “crème de la crème of Hong Kong’s bespoke dessert makers” – with a massive celebrity and socialite following including Aaron Kwok, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Niki Chow, Sharon Chan, Miki Yeung, Ella Koon, Myolie Wu and more.

Open daily from 10 am to 8 pm, Vive Cake Boutique is located at Shop 3, 1/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, with 18 seats offering.