Get your cocktail shaker ready, this luscious Birthday Cake Martini is a fun cocktail to enjoy on your special day. Whipped cream vodka (or vanilla vodka), white chocolate liqueur and festive rainbow sprinkles create the perfect layer of sweetness and creaminess similar in taste to the most decadent birthday cake. Let’s say cheers!
Birthday Cake Martini Recipe at a Glance
- Main Ingredient: Cream-flavored vodka.
- What You need to Know: If you like sweet drinks you will love the flavors of this martini. This could definitely be served as a dessert martini at birthday parties or you could swap the sprinkles to complement any other celebrations (think Mother’s Day, Easter, Valentine’s day, St. Patrick’s Day!
- Flavor: This boozy birthday cake martini tastes like a layered vanilla cake.
What’s in this Birthday Cake Cocktail?
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Whipped Cream Vodka: This delicious birthday cake martini has the distinct flavors of vanilla bean and whipped cream. This is achieved by using a flavored vodka such as vanilla vodka or Smirnoff iced cake vodka.
- White Chocolate Liqueur: The rich and creamy quality of white chocolate liqueur, with its flavorful vanilla bean taste, makes the most perfect dessert cocktail. Another option is to use crème de cacao which is similar in taste but doesn’t have the creaminess of white chocolate liqueur.
- Amaretto: The perfect way to add some nuttiness to this birthday cocktail is with this popular sweet Italian liqueur. Fragrant toasted almonds compliment the flavors of this vanilla and white chocolate cocktail. Good substitutions are hazelnut liqueur or coconut liqueur.
- Half and Half: Adds richness and creaminess to this birthday drink. For a thicker and richer cocktail, you can use heavy cream. For a less rich and thinner but still delicious option, you can use whole milk or 2% milk. Feel free to use plant-based milk or heavy cream. Coconut cream, coconut milk, oat milk, almond milk and soy milk are good options.
- Sprinkles: It’s not a birthday party without the rainbow sprinkles. Feel free to use any other type of sprinkles or sanding sugars.
- Martini Glasses Rim: A sticky ingredients such as honey, maple syrup, simple syrup or melted white chocolate act as the glue to keep the sprinkles attached to the rim of the glass.
- Optional Topping: Whipped cream.
How to Make Birthday Cake Martini?
- First, rim the martini glasses (details can be found in the recipe card below)
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Add the whipped vodka, white chocolate liqueur, amaretto and half and half and shake vigorously for 45 seconds. Strain into the prepared martini glasses.
- Optional: Top with a dollop of whipped cream.
Tips for Success
- Make it Non-Dairy: You can either skip the half and half or use a plant-based alternative such as oat milk, coconut milk, almond milk, or any other plant-based milk or cream.
- White Chocolate Liqueur vs Crème de Cacao: Both can be used but white chocolate liqueur has a thicker consistency unlike the crème de cacao which is a clear liqueur.
- Make a Boozy Birthday Cake Milkshake: Swap the half and half with vanilla ice cream. Place in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy.
- Chocolate Cake Martini: Use chocolate liquor and Irish cream (Baileys) plus chocolate syrup to rim the glasses:
- Mocha Martini: Same ingredients as chocolate martini with coffee flavor liquor added (such as Kahlúa).
Make it Ahead
- Combine all the ingredients together except the ice. When ready to serve, shake or stir with ice and pour on prepared glasses.
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Birthday Cake Martini
This luscious Birthday Cake Martini is a fun, sweet and delicious cocktail that tastes just like the most decadent vanilla birthday cake! But this cocktail is not just for a birthday celebration, it can be served at special occasions or holidays.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 3 ounces whipped vodka (vanilla vodka, fluffed marshmallow vodka, iced cake vodka)
- 2 ounces white chocolate liqueur
- 1 ounce amaretto di sorno
- 1 ounce half and half
To Rim the Martini Glasses
- honey, simple syrup, maple syrup or melted white chocolate (about 2 teaspoons)
- Rainbow sprinkles (about 2 teaspoons)
Optional
- Whipped cream, birthday candles, birthday sparkles
Instructions
Prepare the cocktail glasses
- Place the honey, maple syrup, simple syrup or melted white chocolate in a small plate. In a separate plate place the sprinkles.
- Rim the edge of the glasses in syrup or melted white chocolate, then dip in sprinkles until the rims are nicely coated. Set aside.
Prepare the martini
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Add the whipped vodka, white chocolate liqueur, amaretto and half and half and shake vigorously for 45 seconds. Strain into the prepared martini glasses.
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