Strawberry Shortcake Martini

Looking for a sweet, fruity dessert martini? Look no further! This easy to make three ingredients strawberry shortcake martini is sure to fit the bill.

What is a Strawberry Shortcake Martini?

A strawberry shortcake martini is a combination of tequila Rose, whipped cream vodka and Bailey’s Irish cream. The resulting cocktail is a very light pink color and tastes like a sweet and creamy strawberry shortcake with a slight bite of vodka as it goes down.

Whipped cream vodka is a type of flavored vodka. It has a sweet and creamy flavor with a hint of vanilla.

Bailey’s Irish cream is a type of liqueur. It is made of cream, sugar and Irish whiskey. It has a sweet creamy flavor with hints of vanilla and a little cocoa.

Tequila Rose is like a strawberry tequila version of Irish whiskey. It Is sweet, creamy and full of strawberry flavor. It is also a pretty bright pink color.

If you’re not looking for a whole martini, then try out this strawberry shortcake shot.

When to Make This Drink:

This sweet and lightly pink dessert martini is perfect to serve up at times like:

• date night
• anniversaries
• birthday parties
• Valentine’s Day

Variations:

There are quite a few ways to change this drink up. Try out a few of your favorite below:

• Add in some strawberry simple syrup. Make your own strawberry simple syrup, or buy some. And add a little bit to this drink to really sweeten up that strawberry flavor.
• Use a flavored Bailey’s. Instead of using original Baileys use Bailey’s strawberry to ramp up the sweet strawberry flavor.
• Use vanilla vodka. Instead of whipped cream vodka, you can use vanilla vodka which has a very similar flavor.
• Use cake vodka. Substitute the whipped cream vodka for cake vodka to really double down on that cake flavor.
• Use real strawberries. Make a strawberry puree by muddling some fresh strawberries with a little simple syrup and shaking that up with your other ingredients.
• Add a strawberry garnish. Kick up some pretty red color in this drink by slicing a strawberry and adding it to the rim of the glass.
• Substitute the tequila Rose. Use a strawberry schnapps instead of tequila Rose to still get a pink color and strawberry flavor.

Some similar dessert themed martinis are the snickerdoodle martini, banana cream martini and the birthday cake martini.

How to make this drink:

You should easily be able to shake this one up in 5 minutes. Simply dump all your ingredients together, give them a good shake and you’re ready to go.

Equipment:

• Martini glasses
• jigger
• cocktail shaker
• Hawthorne strainer

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Whipped cream vodka
• 1 oz Baileys
• 1 oz Tequila rose
• Ice

Instructions:

Step one

Gather up everything you need for this martini including tequila Rose, Baileys Irish scream, whipped cream vodka, ice, martini glass, cocktail shaker, hawthorn strainer and jigger.

Step two

Toss the martini glass into the freezer so it can start to chill. Also, toss some ice into your cocktail shaker.

Step three

Pick up the tequila Rose. Measure out 1 oz with a jigger and dump that into the cocktail shaker.

Step four

Pick up the Bailey’s Irish cream. Measure out 1 oz with a jigger and dump that into the cocktail shaker.

Step Five

Pick up the whipped cream vodka. Measure out 2 oz with a jigger and dump that into the cocktail shaker.

Step Six

Put the cocktail shaker lid on and get to shaking. Shake it for about 30 seconds or until the shaker becomes cold to touch.

Step Seven

Pop the chilled martini glass out of the freezer.

Remove the shaker lid and cover the shaker with the Hawthorne strainer. Then, carefully strain the martini from the shaker into the glass.

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