Cake Batter Martini
Yummy, festive, and fun, these colorful cake-flavored martinis are perfect for a birthday celebration. Celebrating with a group? Triple the ingredients, then store in the fridge in a pitcher.
Yield: 2 cocktails
Ingredients:
- 3 ounces cake-flavored vodka (I like Three Olives)
- 3 ounces white creme de cacao
- 2 ounces amaretto
- 2 ounces heavy whipping cream
- 1 ounce white chocolate liqueur (I like Godiva)
- nonpareil sprinkles to garnish
Preparation:
Moisten the rim of two cocktail glasses with water or cream and dip into sprinkles. Set aside.
Combine vodka, crème de cacao, amaretto, cream, and white chocolate liqueur with ice in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously to mix.
Strain into prepared glasses and enjoy!
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Martini
Now you can enjoy everyone’s favorite potluck dessert in cocktail form! If you’d like, serve this with a brûléed pineapple ring garnish: Just pat pineapple rings dry with a paper towel, sprinkle with sugar, and torch or broil to caramelize.
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients:
- 3 ounces vanilla vodka
- 4 ounces pineapple juice
- splash of grenadine
- maraschino cherry to garnish, optional
Preparation:
Combine vodka and pineapple juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into a cocktail glass. Add a splash of grenadine and garnish with a cherry, if desired.
Red Velvet Cake Martini
All the delicious flavor of this novelty chocolate cake without the food-color overload. For a fun garnish, rim glass with cream cheese frosting and dip into colorful sprinkles.
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1.5 ounces hazelnut liqueur (I like Frangelico)
- 1 ounce white crème de cacao
- 1 ounce vodka
- 1 ounce cherry liqueur (I like Grand Marnier Natural Cherry)
- 1.5 teaspoons grenadine, optional
- To garnish: 1 tablespoon granulated sugar mixed with 1 scant teaspoon cocoa powder
Preparation:
Moisten rim of glass with crème de cacao. Dip into sugar-and-cocoa mixture to coat rim of glass. Set aside.
Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Add remaining ingredients and shake vigorously, about 20 seconds. Strain into prepared glass and serve.
Chocolate Cake Shot
This is one of those recipes that’s pure cocktail alchemy. It doesn’t have a single chocolate ingredient, but the ingredients come together to create a flavor that is pure chocolate-cake magic. To enjoy, shoot the shot, then follow with a bite of the sugared lemon wedge.
Yield: 1 shot
Ingredients:
- 1 ounce hazelnut liqueur (I like Frangelico)
- 1 ounce vodka
- sugar
- lemon slice
Preparation:
Moisten rim of shot glass with lemon slice and dip into sugar to coat. Set aside.
Combine hazelnut liqueur and vodka with ice in a cocktail shaker; shake vigorously.
Strain into prepared shot glass. Dip lemon wedge into sugar and serve with shot.
