Just wanted to share with you two wonderful cakes from our Cake Studio this week. One is a wedding cake with Chocolate Fingers, the other is happy 4 year old’s birthday cake.
So remember any occasion can be an opportunity for a Mani’s cake. Here’s our pastry chef’s email and another cake picture from April: Another Festive Cake
PHOTO (l-r): Dan, Mäni’s FOH manager; Kristina, Mäni’s pastry chef; Larry Maiman, Mäni’s founder; Tracey Kardash, vice president of development for Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters (JBBBS); and Rick Cigel, a JBBBS big brother and Mäni’s patron
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2007 Contact: Dan Witzling (323) 456-1151
CHOCOLATE CAKE TASTING THAT’S GOOD FOR YOUR HEART Mäni’s Bakery raises $2000 for Camp Max Straus, benefiting underserved L.A. youth
Los Angeles – Last night, Mäni’s Bakery Café premiered their new healthy flourless chocolate cake at a tasting event with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Camp Max Straus. The tasting event raised just over $2000 in a three-hour period and with approximately 40 attendees and donations related to the event. The event also brought out a few surprise visitors, with a number of invited guests from Mäni’s owner, Larry Maiman, and other Mäni’s patrons disclosing they had once been campers at Camp Max Straus as well.
Mäni’s new flourless chocolate cake uses fruit juice reduction and Scharffenberger dark chocolate. The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that dark chocolate can lower high blood pressure and is rich in antioxidants.
Camp Max Straus provides year-round residential and weekend mentoring programs for underserved children between the ages of 7-12 who primarily come from single (or substitute) parent homes regardless of their ability to pay. The camp is non-denominational and is owned and operated by Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles. It serves approximately 1,500 children each year.
PHOTO (l-r): Dan, Mäni’s staff member; Kristina, Mäni’s new gourmet pastry chef; Larry Maimon, Mäni’s owner; Tracey Kardash, vice president of development for Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters (JBBBS); and Rick Cigel, a JBBBS big brother and Mäni’s patron
Founded in 1915, Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles specializes in mentoring children through its core matching program, school-based mentoring program and Camp Max Straus residential, Sports Buddies and Arts Buddies programs. The organization specializes in mentoring children through its extensive network of volunteers and staff, benefiting approximately 2,000 children annually. For more information or volunteering opportunities, visit http://www.jbbbsla.org.
This Thursday from 5PM to 8PM we’ll be hosting a Chocolate Cake Tasting and A Fund Raiser to benefit Camp Max Straus Please join us for this wonderful event and try our new Scharffen Berger Dark Chocolate Flourless Chocolate Cake.
For those of you who may not be familiar with Scharffen Berger chocolate, it’s, in our opinion, one of the very best chocolates available and it’s made right here in California.
We are an artisan chocolate maker, sourcing the best cacao in the world to create the richest, most flavorful chocolate. Our attention to detail at every step of making chocolate, from bean selection to blending, roasting and refining, sets us apart from other chocolate brands. We follow an old-world style of chocolate making, using restored vintage European machinery and small batch production to ensure quality.
Join us on Thursday, June 21 from 5 to 8 p.m. for a tasting of our brand new chocoate cake! Get all the details.
Yesterday, someone asked me why I decided to sponsor a benefit for Camp Max Straus.
So here’s why…
I met my friend David in the 4th grade at Melrose Avenue Elementary School. Yes the one a block away from Pink’s. He had just moved to the Westside of LA from Boyle Heights, in East LA. He lived with his single Mom and his older brother Harry. It was 1959.
In the 60s during college, David decided to be a camp counselor and help underprovided kids. He knew how hard it was growing up in the city with only one parent. Never going on a family vacation, never having a Dad to play with or nurture him.
Obviously I never forgot that or the other numerous obstacles David overcame in his childhood.
David is planning to be at our event on Thursday, along with my parents, cousins and other extended family and friends.
In my post earlier this week, I announced our Chocolate Cake Tasting & Benefit for Camp Max Straus. I also previously wrote about our new cake being tested and wanted your feedback. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
All this excitement started, you may recall when our pastry chef, Kristina, made an amazing chocolate cake for My Dad’s 90th birthday bash.
And since then I told you how we’d like to have a tasting. Now the time is near. It’s next week, June 21st, here at Mäni’s on Fairfax. The benefit is important to us, and to the children that may go to camp this summer. And you are important too. So please come and join us to kick off this fantastic new cake and hors devours.
This event is open to all our customers, neighbors, and friends. So swing by after work next Thursday between 5PM and 8PM! See you then.
Thursday, June 21, 2007, Mäni’s on Fairfax will be hosting a fund raiser to benefit Camp Max Straus. We’ll be serving hot and cold hors d’oeuvres crafted by our chef, Jose, and of course the star of the day, Pastry Chef Kristina’s Scharffen Berger Flourless Chocolate Cake.
So come by, eat cake, make a donation to Camp Max Straus, donation of $18 will be greatly appreciated, and Enjoy!
CHOCOLATE CAKE TASTING THAT’S GOOD FOR YOUR HEART Mäni’s Bakery teams up with Camp Max Straus to Benefit Underserved L.A. Youth
WHO: Mäni’s Bakery Café benefit for Camp Max Straus
WHAT: Presenting a chocolate cake tasting that makes you feel good and is good for you. Mäni’s Bakery Café is premiering a new healthy flourless chocolate cake at a tasting event with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Camp Max Straus. The tasting event also features hors devours and other Mäni’s delicacies. Mäni’s new flourless chocolate cake uses fruit juice reduction and Scharffenberger dark chocolate. The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that dark chocolate can lower high blood pressure and is rich in antioxidants.
Camp Max Straus provides year-round residential and weekend mentoring programs for underserved children between the ages of 7-12 who primarily come from single (or substitute) parent homes regardless of their ability to pay. The camp is non-denominational and is owned and operated by Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles. It serves approximately 1,500 children each year.
WHEN: Thursday, June 21, 2007 (5 PM – 8 PM)
WHERE: Mäni’s Bakery Café 519 S. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles COST: $18 suggested minimum donation, 100% of proceeds to benefit Camp Max Straus
RSVP: Advance confirmations encouraged, not mandatory, to (323) 456-1151.
Bienvenue L’eclair moka LA’s only fruit juice sweetened éclair welcomes its cousin the mocha éclair. It’s the same popular éclair we’ve been making, but instead of vanilla custard inside, we’ve added real housemade espresso. Seriously, this is a must try. But you be the judge. And just a reminder, samples are always available of almost any product. Enjoy.
