Vendor Spotlight - Torrance Bakery

As a business who has been in the business for a years, you undoubtedly build relationships with other businesses.  We have a couple but one that we absolutely love and never let us down is Torrance Bakery.

Torrance Bakery provides the cakes for most our events and not only are their designs amazing, but they taste so good!

Here is a little info on them:

 Family-owned Torrance Bakery is the busiest bakery in Los Angeles and it's easy to see why. Our expertise and experience shows in the beautiful, finely crafted wedding cakes, the large selection of delicious cakes and fillings, unique wedding cake showroom, and our friendly, personalized service.

Red and Black Wedding!

Red and black seems to be a favorite among our clients. This is one of our past brides!  Great color scheme and great wedding!

Happy National Margarita Day!

Today is National Margarita Day and to celebrate we are sharing a recipe from Paula Deen!

Can you believe this is strawberry margarita mousse?  So yum!  Here is what you need:

Ingredients 

4   eggs, separated
3/4 cup sugar
1   (3-ounce) box strawberry flavored gelatin
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup limeade
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
3 tablespoon red food coloring
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup heavy cream, whipped until stiff
1 cup small diced strawberries
red sanding sugar for garnish
strawberry slices and fresh mint for garnish

Directions

• Beat the egg yolks in a bowl until light. 

• In a medium saucepan, stir together 1/4 cup of the sugar, gelatin and salt. Stir in the beaten egg yolks, lemon juice, lime juice, limeade, orange juice and turn the heat onto medium. Gently stir the mixture over the heat until the sugar, salt and gelatin have dissolved completely. Remove from heat and transfer to a large mixing bowl. Cool to room temperature, stir in the food coloring and lime zest and then place in the refrigerator to chill. Stir the mixture occasionally until it begins to set, about 30 minutes. 

• Meanwhile, with an electric mixer, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar to the whites, beating constantly, until stiff and glossy. 

• Remove the gelled mixture from the refrigerator and fold in the diced strawberries. Next, add the meringue and whipped cream and thoroughly fold everything together. Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. 

• Pour the red sanding sugar out into a shallow bowl or pie plate, at least 1/4-inch high. Dampen a thick paper towel, folded in quarters, with water. Press the rims of 6 (8-ounce) margarita glasses onto the wet paper towel and then lightly dip them into the sanding sugar. 

• Divide the mousse into the margarita glasses with a spoon. Garnish the tops of each mousse glass with freshly sliced strawberries and mint leaves.  

Sounds amazing right?  Happy Margarita Day!

Wedding Favors :: Plants!

This was a great favor to give to guests during one of our past weddings!

Couples are always looking for something their guests won't throw away and this is perfect!  Have a great weekend everyone!

Cocktails to Love!

Hooray!  Besides recipes, we'll be sharing our favorite cocktail recipes here.  For our first, we have a ginger lime soda inspired by Martha Stewart.  It's great because it's all about guilt free libations.  Ready?

• Mix 8 cups of ginger beer, 2 cups of vodka, and 2 cups of fresh lime juice and stir!
• Serve over ice with a lime garnish.

Want to sweeten a bit?  Add a splash of grenadine!

More Red and Black Wedding Inspiration

These images are from one of our past events.

Gorgeous!  Linens always add that special touch!

Themed Events: Hollywood Inspired Party

Happy Friday!

We're excited to show you a couple teasers on one of our past events that was Hollywood inspired!

We do all this and more!  Call us or email us here to find out more!

Pantone Inspiration

We love inspirations boards and just a while ago we shared that the Pantone color of the year was Tangerine Tango.  Here is an inspiration board that we love and uses this color.

 via Just Wenderful

So bright and fun!  One more Super Bowl recipe coming up tomorrow, stay tuned!