BIRTHDAY CAKE MARTINI!!

BIRTHDAY CAKE MARTINI

2 ounces cake-flavored vodka

Splash of Godiva white chocolate or original liqueur

Splash of heavy cream

Whipped cream for garnish

Birthday candle optional

I have many family and friends with March birthdays. My Mom, Dad, Son, Brother-in-law, and Billy Bush are just a few of them. We had some family over for my son’s 12^thbirthday tonight and I got some sly smiles when I said that I was serving BIRTHDAY CAKE MARTINIS. Everyone wanted one, so I got pretty good at making the good looking cocktail.

To make the BIRTHDAY CAKE MARTINI, you’ll need cake-flavored vodka. Three Olives is the kind I used. I took the vodka and put two ounces into a shaker. I then added a splash — which is a little more than a dash — of Godiva white chocolate liqueur and heavy cream. I filled the shaker with ice, gave it some firm shakes and strained the white creamy mixture into a martini glass. I topped it off with a generous swirl of whipped cream from an aerosol can.

The BIRTHDAY CAKE MARTINI will make you want to celebrate someone’s birthday every day. It tastes and smells just like vanilla cake with frosting. All that was missing was a candle. We quickly made up for that though. But as you can see from the smaller picture, keeping a candle straight in the whipped cream wasn’t so easy.

I thought the BIRTHDAY CAKE MARTINI was pretty strong, but family members disagreed. Of course, they were already two drinks in, so that may have influenced their opinion. Once the whipped cream started to melt, I thought it was less strong and even better tasting. My step-mother said if she had a birthday every time she wanted to drink a BIRTHDAY CAKE MARTINI, she’d be 110 real quick. My friend Carolyn called it delightful and everyone agreed that it was not too sweet. If you have a loved one’s birthday coming up, make it special with a BIRTHDAY CAKE MARTINI. But, really, no excuse is needed.

Drink Up^
Cocktail Connie