Enjoy a late afternoon sweet soiree, as you toast to each other with a Chambord French Sparkle that will tickle your tongue with bubbles of delight. Follow this with a luscious bite of chocolate layered cake beautifully decorated with fresh berries.

I recently attended an event with party planner and style expert, Cathy Riva presented by Driscoll's Berries, where I was introduced to these recipes. Go ahead, indulge! It's a sweet temptation well worth it.
 
French Sparkle
Recipe courtesy of Chambord

• 1 1/2 oz Chambord flavored vodka
• 1 oz champagne
• 2 oz mango nectar
• Finish with a fresh blackberry or raspberry
  

Shake vodka and mango nectar with ice and stain into a chilled champagne glass. Top with champagne.

Mixed Berry Be Mine Chocolate Cake
Recipe Courtesy of Cathy Riva

Suggestions:
Use Wilton's 10 inch heart shaped cake pan. We suggest a chocolate pudding cake as it is a bit more dense to hold the berries, but any cake mix recipe should work.

Chocolate Pudding Cake Ingredients:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 cup boiling water
• Driscolls Raspberries and Blueberries, 1 pint each
• Option: Strawberries (see second cake design below)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Use Wilton heart pan to bake.
   
3. In bowl, stir together flour, white sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Mix in milk oil vanilla with a fork until smooth. Spread batter evenly into heart pan. This batter should be thick.
   
4. Sprinkle with brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Pour boiling water over batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes.
   
5. Let stand 15 minutes.
   
6. Remove cake from pan and invert so your bottom is now the top.
   
7. Once cooled, ice with pink or red icing.
   
8. Use Driscoll's berries as the topping. We used about 28 raspberries to make the inside of the heart. You need about 40 blueberries to make the outline of the raspberries.
9. Optional: For side decor, you'll need 16 strawberries and 16 more blueberries. We skewered the strawberries with wooden skewers and inserted them into the iced cake.