Have you ever had a friend get engaged and simply popping a bottle of Champagne seemed like it wasn’t special enough? Are you tired of generic wedding shower punches? Then this post is for you!
A little while back I had the opportunity to spend a fun evening with Lindsey from Liquid Catering, our favorite professional bartending company in Greenville, SC. I had picked up a bottle of Pearl Wedding Cake Vodka because it seemed like a fun challenge, and I reached out to her to create some celebratory wedding cocktail recipes.
The goal was to create recipes that could be used at three different points during an engagement: the newly engaged, the wedding shower, and the bachelorette party! Not only did they each have to fit the theme, they also had to taste really good! Lindsey has had plenty of practice creating custom cocktails for weddings and other parties, so it’s no surprise that she knocked this one out of the park!
Put A Ring On It – Cheers to the new fiancés!
2 oz. Pearl Wedding Cake Vodka
1 oz. white grape juice
3 oz. prosecco
Shake vodka and juice in a cocktail shaker until cold, strain into a flute and top with prosecco.
We added a little gold glitter garnish using the sanding sugar from Williams Sonoma.
After a little trial and error, we decided it was best to run the sanding sugar through a food processor to make it a bit more fine. Not for too long though! Just enough to break it into some smaller pieces. We ran a lemon slice around the glass and the smaller pieces held put, no problem!
Coconut Lemon Cake Punch – A perfectly balanced wedding shower cocktail
1 oz. Pearl Wedding Cake Vodka
1 oz. coconut rum
3 oz. lemonade (we used Simply Lemon so it was nice and tart)
Mix all ingredients and chill (can be done in small or large batches). Pour over ice to serve.
Our garnish for this drink was candied lemons. I had them in a cocktail at Nose Dive once, and I became obsessed. To make my own, I read several recipes. The two most helpful were Martha Stewart’s Candied Lemon Slices and the Candied Meyer Lemon recipe from She Wears Many Hats.
Love Is Sweet – A shot that everyone will enjoy!
1 oz. Pearl Wedding Cake Vodka
1/2 oz. creme de cacao
dash of grenadine
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and pour into a shot glass.
Something Blue – Wedding cake and pineapple are a great combination
1 oz. Pearl Wedding Cake Vodka
1/2 oz. blue curacao
1/2 oz. pineapple juice
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and pour into a shot glass.
I hope everyone enjoys their cocktails! Thank you, Lindsey, for being such an great mixologist!
P.S. Pearl Wedding Cake Vodka has no idea who we are or that we love their vodka this much. We just found a cool product we wanted to share.
Happy Wedding Planning & Cocktail Mixing!
