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Creamy, sweet, and just like birthday cake—this tasty Birthday Cake shot is everything you need to celebrate your big day!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Festive Treat: Decorated with vanilla frosting and birthday sprinkles, this vodka-based shot is the perfect, colorful way to celebrate!
- Quick to Make: Frost & sprinkle the rims of shot glasses, shake the ingredients and pour. As easy as chocolate cake shot and lemon drop shot.
- Crowd-Pleaser: Everyone loves doing birthday cake shots because they taste decadently like cake and are so pretty!
The Best Recipe for Birthday Cake Shot!
Whenever it’s your birthday or a loved one’s, it’s the perfect time to make something fun, deliciously sweet, & festive like this Birthday Cake Shot! Made with cake-flavored vodka, crème de cacao, and hazelnut liqueur, this creamy, vanilla birthday cake-inspired treat is perfect for celebrating the big day. Even better, it’s super fun to share with friends.
Birthday Cake Shot Ingredients
- Cake vodka – one of my all-time favorites in the liquor cabinet. Tastes exactly like cake and makes almost any dessert cocktail better.
- Crème de cacao – another staple, adds a subtle flavor of chocolate without being overwhelming.
- Frangelico – the standard in hazelnut liqueur, but you can use your fave.
- Irish cream – sweet and creamy, with a twist.
- For the Rim: vanilla frosting + sprinkles
How to Make a Birthday Cake Shot
- First, coat the rim of each shot glass in vanilla frosting.
- Dip the frosting-covered rims in sprinkles. Set aside shot glasses.
- Next, add vodka, crème de cacao, Frangelico, and Irish cream to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until well chilled, then strain into shot glasses.
- Shoot, lick the rim, and enjoy the best birthday cake shot!
How to Drink Birthday Cake Shots
Once these festive little drinks are made, shoot the shot, then lick the rim. Voilà—the flavor of birthday cake!
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Happy Birthday! Won’t you join me in celebrating together? <3 I hope you love making birthday cake shots! ‘Til our next sweet adventure together… Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
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Birthday Cake Shot
Ingredients
Birthday Cake Rim
Birthday Cake Shot
- 1 oz cake vodka, or whipped cream vodka
- ½ oz crème de cacao
- ½ oz Frangelico
- 1 oz Irish cream
Instructions
- Dip and coat the rim of each shot glass in vanilla frosting. Coat the frosting in sprinkles. Set aside.
- Add vodka, crème de cacao, Frangelico, and Irish cream into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until very well chilled.
- Strain into shot glasses. Shoot, then lick the rim. Enjoy!
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Made these for my sisters birthday party and everyone loved them! Ty for the easy recipe we had a lot of fun! 😂
Wish your sister a happy belated birthday for me, Hailey! 🥳 I’m so happy that the shots helped make the birthday party a fun one!
Happy Birthday to You!!! It’s also my birthday and I will definitely be making these tonight to celebrate. Enjoy your day and may your year ahead be spectacular ✨💫
Haha thank you and happy birthday to you too, Stephanie! 😄 Cheers to us having the best b-days ever! 🥂