Acland's Sweet Side - a dessert tasting event!

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With it’s decades old cake shops, with windows filled to the ceiling with cakes and slices, and delicious and varied ice cream shops, Acland Street has to be Melbourne’s dessert precinct! And, for just $10, you get to try it all!


Join us on Sat, Nov 25 between 11am – 2pm for the most indulgent day of tasting tarts, gateau, sorbets, gelato and more, including these wonderful businesses and their offerings: 


Ice cream – choose any flavour you’d like to try at the following businesses: 


7 Apples Gelato 

Ben & Jerry’s

C9 Chocolate & Gelato

Piccolina Gelateria


Cake shops – choose one cake from each listing below, and select your choice when you book your ticket:


Europa Cake Shop

  • Mini Cannoli
  • New York Cheesecake
  • Black Forest Cake


LeBon Cakes

  • Famous Vanilla slice
  • Raspberry turnover
  • Chocolate mud cake


Monarch Cakes

  • Chocolate Kooglhoupf
  • Famous Plum Cake
  • Coconut Macaroons (Gluten Free)


The Acland Cake Shop

  • Shortbread and custard fruit boat 
  • Orange and almond slice (gluten free, vegan)
  • Rygor delight with choc sponge and mousse


NOTE: The cakes are approx. half size of a regular slice and the ice creams are a child’s size ice cream so you may even want to share with someone, or eat the ice creams and take the cakes home for eating at another time


Read on below for a bios on all of our amazing businesses involved.


So, how does it work? 


  • Book your ticket for $10 (plus GST and booking fee), making sure to select your choices from the cake shops
  • Between 11am – 2pm on Sat, Nov 25, visit our check in table and collect your tickets you’ll need to show to the businesses, so they know you’re part of the event
  • Be sure to have collected your ticket, and visited all businesses for your treats, by 2pm as this is when the event ends
  • This is a take away event, so please don’t sit at the tables and chairs. If you want to have a seat, you can wander to O’Donnell Gardens next to Luna Park
  • Only 250 tickets for sale. If sold out, click through on ticket booking link and register on waitlist, in case tickets become available
  • Refunds available up to and including Nov 13. If you need a refund after Nov 13, email us at info@aclandstreetvillage.com.au and, if there is someone waitlisted for tickets, we may be able to refund you. If there isn’t, we cannot refund



Host: Acland Street Village Business Assoc
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