Not a single carrot goes in, yet the first sip recalls spiced cake with cream cheese frosting. Cinnamon warmth, buttery caramel and a smooth, creamy finish, served ice cold.
½ oz
Irish cream liqueure.g. Baileys · Carolans · Kerrygold Irish Cream
½ oz
butterscotch schnappse.g. DeKuyper · Hiram Walker
½ oz
cinnamon schnapps such as Goldschlägere.g. Goldschläger · Fireball · DeKuyper
Garnish: Dusting of ground cinnamon · Ice: Served up, no ice
Carrot Cake Shot
Sweet, creamy and spiced with a buttery caramel finish. A small, rich shot.
The Carrot Cake is a modern dessert shooter, part of a group of shots named after the cakes they imitate, like the Chocolate Cake shot. The idea is simple: combine liqueurs whose flavors add up to a familiar dessert. Irish cream supplies the creamy frosting note, butterscotch gives the caramel and brown sugar, and cinnamon schnapps adds the warm spice that defines carrot cake.
No single creator is known, and recipes vary in proportions. Some versions are served in a small martini glass as a mini dessert drink, others as a straight shot. Both work, as long as the drink is shaken very cold.
No. The flavor comes entirely from Irish cream, butterscotch and cinnamon liqueurs.
Yes. Double the amounts and strain into a small chilled cocktail glass.
A cinnamon or spiced liqueur works; without it, a pinch of cinnamon in the shaker adds the spice.
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