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Dessert • 3 minutes
Chocolate Cake Shot
A clever party trick of a recipe: it tastes like chocolate cake even though the build is all hazelnut, vanilla, sugar, and lemon. The sugared lemon wedge is not optional — it is what completes the illusion. Use this one when you want a shot that gets a reaction before people ask for the recipe.
- Flavor
- Hazelnut, citrus, cake-like finish
- Glassware
- Sugar-rimmed shot glass
Ingredients
- 3/4 oz vanilla vodka
- 3/4 oz hazelnut liqueur
- Sugared lemon wedge
Equipment
cocktail shaker
jigger
strainer
shot glass
Instructions
- Shake vodka and hazelnut liqueur with ice.
- Strain into a shot glass.
- Shoot, then bite the sugared lemon wedge.
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