Do You Love Red Velvet Cake?

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Do you love red velvet cake? How about a red velvet cake martini? A martini that tastes like cake? Try it, you'll like it!

How to make it?

Photo from Stoli® Website

2 oz. Stoli® Vanil vodka
1oz. Godiva White
1 spoonful Red Velvet Powder
Dash of simple syrup
Dash of heavy cream

Photo from Godiva web site

Shake it up, and strain into a martini glass after you swirl it with white and red chocolate syrups. Quite a sight!

Recipe from: Vegas With Love

Skittle Bombs?

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Not sure who would want to drink these but they are pretty! Skittle bombs! Take bottles of unflavored vodka and packs of Skittles. Pick a Skittle color and put them all in a bottle. Shake until they dissolve. Freeze to chill before serving. OK, who wants the first taste? Not a Skittle lover...not sure if the vodka would cancel out the flavor of the Skittles or not. What do you think? Is it worth trying?

Ice Shot Glasses

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I found these on Open Sky and thought I'd share them with you. Fred Cool Shooter Shots. (OK the name is kind of dorky!) They were recommended by Zane Lamprey and I'll add his quote about these incredible new ways to flavor your drinks!

Zane says: "I was at the Ice Bar in Denmark when I first did shots out of glasses made of ice. Then recently, I found some shot glass molds stateside. That’s when things really got interesting! I quickly forgot about pouring plain old water into the molds and experimented with other other beverages. Here are some of my summer favorites:
*Freeze Orange-Pineapple Juice and pour in Vodka: It makes for a tropical-tasting screwdriver.
*Freeze Mango-Coconut Water and pour in White Rum: Coconut water seems to be the “it” drink judging by the amounts piled high in grocery stores. It's supposed to be good for you. Luckily it also pairs well with rum!
*Freeze Limeade and fill the shot with Cachaca: This made for an instant caipirinha. Saúde!
Here’s another tip when making shooter cocktails: As the shot glass slowly starts to melt, drop it in a glass and pour in another shot of spirits over and club soda--now it's a flavored ice cube!"

Wow huh? Even if you think they might be a little messy for your wedding, think of all the fun you could have with them for a shower or bachelor or bachelorette party, or an after party from the wedding! Or think about giving them as a gift complete with your own list of fun drinks concoctions!  Let me know what you'd put in them as combinations.

Watermelon and Cucumbers

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I am just lovin' this juicy watermelon and cucumber plus a shot of vodka! It all adds up to a refreshing summer wedding cocktail. The added lime juice and honey provide you with the right balance of tart to sweet to this festive wedding drink. A perfect choice for a signature drink for a summer wedding or shower.

Lavendar Lemonade with Vodka and Lillet Blanc

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This Lavendar Lemonade from Designsponge is not only worth the effort, it is gorgeous to look at and the taste is incredible! I love using lavendar at weddings, use it as garnish in drinks, tie a tiny bouquet at each placesetting, or have your guests toss lavendar instead of confetti (or all of the above).

Lavendar is eco-friendly and smells oh so good!

Recipe below is from Designsponge.  Be sure to visit their site for other great ideas for your wedding.

Not up to making your own lavendar lemonade? Head to your local Wegman's and buy some Adina Organics French Inspired Lavender Lemonade Juice (14 fl oz) ready made, just add some organic lavendar. Not quite as pretty as the above mixture and without the kick, but you can alwasy add those yourself too! Just be sure any lavendar you use is organic, you don't want to ingest pesticides!

Lavendar Lemonade Recipe from Designsponge.com:

INGREDIENTS:

Glass:

1.5oz Vodka (Ciroc seems appropriate but we used a local Pennsylvania vodka)
1.5oz Lillet Blanc
1oz Lavender Syrup (recipe below)
1oz Lemon Juice
2oz Chilled Soda Water
French Lavender Flower for Garnish

OR

Pitcher (makes 4 glasses):

3/4 Cups Vodka
3/4 Cups Lillet Blanc
1/2 Cup Lavender Syrup
1/2 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice
1/4 Cup Chilled Soda Water for each glass
French Lavender Flower for Garnish

Lavender Syrup:
Add equal parts sugar and water to a medium saucepan and bring to boil. Add fresh organic French lavender to taste (or 1/2 cup dried food grade lavender for every 4 cups water/4 cups sugar) and boil for one minute over medium/high heat. Remove from heat and let steep for an hour.
Drink:
Mix first four ingredients with spoon, pour over ice, add chilled soda water and garnish with lavender flower (or lemon wedges if you can’t find fresh organic lavender).

Pineapple Agua Fresca - Great Signature Drink For Your Wedding

Spiked Agua Fresca -- Pineapple Flavor

Looking for a fresh tasting light drink to serve as the signature drink for your wedding? Visit the Chow website and find the easy recipe for this fruity drink that is a combination of citrus, water, and sugar that you can find throughout Mexico. For your signature drink replace the water with rum and the results are perfect for a summery wedding where you want something cool and thirst quenching. Sometimes you just want a cocktail that is a little bit different from the norm... this will do it.

For those of your guests who are non-drinkers, make them the version with the water instead of the rum.  CHOW's recipe is for 8 drinks, but you can easily make more. 

Let me know how you like CHOW's version of Pineapple Agua Fresca, spiked or not!

Root Beer Floats With A Kick?

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Do you love Root Beer Floats? The folks at Creative Culinary's website offer this great option to root beer lovers.  Would you love to serve these at your wedding but add a 'kick?' These floats have an addition of some 303 Vodka (from Boulder Distillery in Boulder CO), just the thing to give your root beer a bit of an extra 'boot!' 303 Vodka calls this 'Vootbeer.' So head to the webpage of this Boulder based distiller of gin and vodka and look down the page for the recipe for 'Vootbeer.'

These are great for a summer wedding or a picnic wedding! Ah! Reminders of our youth with real adult flavors!