Birthday Cake Martini
A sweet and chocolate-y Birthday Cake Martini recipe to toast any birthday girl!!
During the chaos of getting ready for baby, I totally forgot my birthday is just around the corner. I haven’t even had time to think about celebrating it, let alone come up with birthday recipes like I’ve done in previous years (Strawberry Lavender Cake, Birthday Ice Cream Cake). Let’s face it, I won’t have time to do any of these and I am sure once the day rolls around I will probably not even realize it is my birthday since the little one will be here (hopefully!!).
I figured I could celebrate my birthday early and virtually with you guys (you don’t mind do you?). I had a birthday cake martini last year at some bar and it’s been on my to-make list since then. This seemed like the perfect time to recreate it at home and raise a toast to 31-years of birthdays!
As the name implies, a birthday cake martini is sweet, should taste like a birthday cake and should involve sprinkles!! You will find all of the above in this cocktail. For this recipe, I used Whipped Vodka, White Chocolate Liqueur (Godiva), Amaretto and Coconut Cream (you can use half and half for this instead) to accomplish the goal of the perfect birthday cake martini. The hubs (my resident cocktail taster these days) loved it and he usually doesn’t do sweet drinks. I should also say, leaving out the alcohol (replacing with melted white chocolate and heavy cream) was also a great mocktail!
So believe me when I say this birthday cake martini is sweet, delicious and the perfect celebration cocktail. From now on, I say we only drink pretty cocktails, folks. Life is too short to NOT have sprinkles on your cocktail glass 🙂
Birthday Cake Martini
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Vodka
- 3 ounces Coconut Cream (or half and half)
- 1 ounce White Chocolate liqueur (I used Godiva)
- 1 ounce Amaretto
- Ice
- For Glass rims:
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Place the honey and sprinkles on two separate shallow dishes. Dip your martini glass in the honey first and then into the sprinkles to coat the rim. Set aside.
- In a cocktail shaker, combine all the ingredients with ice and shake very well. Pour cocktail into prepared glass.
- Enjoy!
I would love such treats for birthday!
Happy Birthday!
what a great drink, so festive and feminine…. perfect to celebrate your special day
Ah thanks Sally!!
Happy almost birthday, Zainab! It’s almost my birthday too and I haven’t even thought what I’m going to do… eeek! This martini is absolute perfection. I don’t know what it is about sprinkles, but they make me so happy every time I see them. Love!
Happy soon birthday too!! And yes sprinkles always do it for me too 🙂
My heart smiled looking at this! It is glorious and so freaking beautiful!
Thanks Jocelyn!!
Z, you seriously make the best looking cocktails!! This one could seriously be found at a fancy restaurant or bar. . I LOVE it! and that first shot is so cool!!!
Thanks Alice!! They are so fun to make 🙂
Cheers to our birthday’s around the corner! 🙂
Thanks Tonya!!
Zainab, so many of my good friends have summer birthdays so this will be the perfect cocktail to celebrate! I think I also need to save this one for my birthday in October because it’s going to be a big one!
Oh nothing is stopping you in October! It will still be perfect!
This is so awesome! I love the way the colors from the sprinkles run down the side of the glass. Gorgeous!
Thanks Liz!!
Zainab!!! These are so calling to me. They’re so pretty and I love the way the sprinkles add color down the glass. I need to make these asap!! 🙂
Thanks Beth! sprinkles make everything so much better 🙂
THIS IS AMAZING. I obsessed over anything birthday cake flavored…but an adult beverage? This is the ULTIMATE! I love Pinnacle Vodka, so this is so happening. Pinned!
Yes!! I hope you try it!!
Happy birthday!! Early, I know 😉 This is such a fun way to celebrate though! I love the way the sprinkles run down the sides of the drink- they look like streamers! So pretty!
Thanks Allie! Still got two weeks to go but you know how time flies!
This is the prettiest martini! Love the fun flavor and the sprinkles are the perfect touch for celebrating any summer birthday 🙂 I hope you do get to take the time to celebrate no matter how small on your special day in August even with your little one! You totally deserve it mama! Cheers!
Thanks Kelly! I’m sure Mr J will make sure I remember 🙂
No forgetting your birthday…EVER! haha It is easy for them to get lost in the shuffle with little ones, but I hope you get to take a time out and celebrate yourself — you’ll deserve it even more once the baby comes. 🙂 This martini is so beautiful, and the sprinkles on the rim are genius! 🙂
Thanks Marcie! I’ll have to take your advice on that 🙂
These look amazing Zainab! I love the sprinkle adornments, obviously.
Thanks Hayley!!
What a pretty drink! Love the sprinkles 🙂
Such a beautiful drink, love the sprinkles.
Love it, Zainab! I’m a total sucker for anything that tastes like cake batter. Make it into a cocktail? Even better!
Even better when made into an adult drink 🙂