3 minutes • Chilled shot glass
Birthday Cake
A liquid wink at celebration, built for toasts, photos, and bad decisions with good friends.
Vanilla leads with bakery sweetness, and the hazelnut liqueur follows with a toasted, frosting-like richness that feels festive in one swallow.
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Ingredients
- 3/4 oz vanilla vodka
- 1/2 oz hazelnut liqueur
- optional sugar rim
How to make it
- Shake with ice and strain into a chilled shot glass; rim with sugar if you want extra cake effect.
Why this one works
Vanilla leads with bakery sweetness, and the hazelnut liqueur follows with a toasted, frosting-like richness that feels festive in one swallow.
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