Birthday Cake Cocktail Recipe (With Or Without The Cake)
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The woman who inspired The Nibble has a 100th birthday today. But you don’t have to turn 100 to enjoy this birthday cocktail. Thanks to Thatcher’s Organic for turning the classic birthday cake into a vodka cocktail recipe. If you’re looking for a gluten-free vodka, Thatcher’s is both gluten-free and made from organic corn. There’s more about the distillery below. Yes, you can serve cake on the side. With the complex layering of spirits, we’d recommend slices of pound cake cake, un-iced or with an amaretto glaze (recipe below). You can buy a loaf pound cake (photo #4) or bake a bundt. The recipe follows, but first: > The year’s 10+ vodka holidays are below. > The history of birthday cake is below. > The year’s 49 cocktail holidays. > The history of vodka. We are a big fan of Baileys Irish Cream (actually, any Irish cream liqueur), so we made a version substituting it for the white chocolate liqueur as we didn’t have any of the latter. Baileys is a great substitute. This cocktail is layered with flavors, but if you don’t like any (e.g. amaretto, coconut cream), substitute what you wish. For example, you can substitute heavy cream for coconut cream, and other liqueur for amaretto—or just use more of the chocolate liqueurs. 1. PREPARE the glasses. Dip the rim of a martini glass in a saucer of water and then twist it in a saucer or plate of sprinkles. Set aside. 2. ADD the vodka, chocolate liqueur, coconut cream, creme de cacao, and amaretto to a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake vigorously. 3. STRAIN the mixture into Martini glass. Garnish with the whipped cream, sprinkles, and cherry. The cocktail is rich enough, but we made this optional amaretto glaze for the pound cake or bundt (of course, a bundt can also be a pound cake). 1. MELT the butter and add the sugar. 2. REMOVE from the heat and stir in the amaretto, vanilla, water, and salt. 3. RETURN the pot to the stove on medium heat and boil about 3-4 minutes to reduce. Let cool somewhat, then glaze the cake. |
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THE HISTORY OF BIRTHDAY CAKE The earliest birthday cake celebrations trace back to ancient Greece, where people baked moon-shaped cakes to offer to Artemis, the goddess of the moon. They added candles to make the cakes glow like the moon. Ancient Romans also celebrated birthdays with cakes, although these were typically flat rounds made with flour, nuts, yeast, and honey, but they didn’t use candles or consider the cakes as offerings to Artemis (the Roman Diana) or any other god. In fact, the Romans initially celebrated birthdays just for men; women and children came later. The modern birthday cake began taking shape in medieval Germany with Kinderfeste (children’s festival or children’s party), a birthday celebration for kids. Germans created single-layer cakes sweetened with sugar, which was becoming more available, although still expensive (honey was the more affordable choice). These cakes were homemade, but by the 15th century, bakeries in Germany began selling one-layer birthday cakes. Our modern birthday cake tradition evolved in the 18th and 19th centuries, as sugar and other ingredients like chocolate became more affordable and the Industrial Revolution made refined sugar, flour, and baking tools accessible to ordinary families. This enabled the creation of elaborate, multi-layered frosted cakes to become the norm for most people, rather than a luxury only the wealthy could afford. The tradition of singing “Happy Birthday” while presenting the cake emerged in the late 1800s, and blowing out candles while making a wish became standardized in the early 20th century. Instead of the ancient symbolic use of candles to offer light to the gods, they transformed into a personal ritual of wish-making. Today, birthday cakes are a nearly universal celebration, with countless cultural variations from tres leches cake in Latin America to mooncakes in Chinese celebrations. (Information Claude.ai) Thatcher’s Organic Artisan Spirits is a craft spirits brand that focuses on organic, sustainable production. It’s products are Certified Organic, Non-GMO, gluten-free, and free of high-fructose corn syrup and artificial preservatives. The company was founded in 2009 to focus on all-natural artisan spirits made by hand using sustainably farmed ingredients for a better environment. Thatcher’s Organic Small Batch Vodka, which has an especially crisp and fresh flavor, is crafted from premium organic corn. Liqueurs include Blood Orange, Cucumber, Elderflower, Hibiscus, Mango, Peach, Prickly Pear and Watermelon. Treat yourself, and give them as gifts. CHECK OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING ON OUR HOME PAGE, THENIBBLE.COM. |
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