Happy Friday everyone! So do you know anyone that takes their birthday a little too seriously? Someone that is well into adulthood and still wants parties, and celebrations all month long? If you don't, you do now, because that person is me, haha! Lucky for me, my darling husband has completely embraced my crazy, and my general love of parties and all things celebratory. With my birthday tomorrow, he told me that a special birthday cocktail should be a must for our Friday drink of the day to kick off "birthday weekend," and who am I to argue?! What made this suggestion even more appealing, was that he offered to be guest bartender this week, since "you shouldn't have to make your own birthday drink."
Getting everything prepped and ready to go! And to be completely honest with everyone, we thought we had a couple of ingredients already in the house, so we didn't buy them...well, we were wrong! So we improvise; no biggie. One of the most important pieces of advice that we can offer you is, know that something will inevitably go wrong, the unexpected happens, you forget an ingredient, whatever...just go with the flow!
Don't worry though, you're still getting the tried and true Birthday Cake Martini recipe!
Don't worry though, you're still getting the tried and true Birthday Cake Martini recipe!
Here's Paul in action. As you can see, it has cream...and whipped vodka in it, how could it be bad?
Birthday Cake Martini
Ingredients
2 ounces whipped vodka
1.5 ounces amaretto
1 ounce white chocolate liqueur
2 ounces half and half
Honey and sprinkles for garnish
Directions:
Begin with two shallow dishes or plates. To one, add a teaspoon of honey. To the other, add the sprinkles. Rim the edge of the martini glass first in the honey and then in the sprinkles. Set aside.
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the vodka, amaretto, white chocolate liqueur and half and half (or light cream, or milk. whatever you have for your coffee will work just fine). Shake vigorously. Strain into your prepared martini glass
You can see Paul had a little extra fun with it, adding the whipped cream and birthday candle.
Give this drink a try next time you have a birthday celebration!
Have a great weekend...I'll be celebrating!
xoxo
Adrienne
Give this drink a try next time you have a birthday celebration!
Have a great weekend...I'll be celebrating!
xoxo
Adrienne
