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The best Chocolate Cake Shot is made with hazelnut liqueur and vodka with a sugared lemon wedge. The result is a delight chocolate-cake-like flavor!

A chocolate cake shot topped with a sugared lemon wedge near chocolate cake

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Great for Celebrations: I love serving shots for a party, including birthday cake shots!
Easy to Make: Layer a few ingredients in a shot glass and serve with a sugar lemon wedge. That’s it!
Goes well with dessert: This sweet but strong chocolate cake shot recipe goes well with chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and more.

The Chocolate Cake Shot Recipe

The first time I had a chocolate cake shot, my friend, Angelica, swore that the crazy combination of ingredients – hazelnut liqueur, vanilla vodka, sugar, and lemon – would result in a chocolate cake-like taste.

Was she right? Yes! But the flavor of a chocolate cake doesn’t come through at the first sip, it appears magically thereafter. Intrigued? 😉 Let’s make chocolate cake shots and see what the fuss is about!

What’s in a Chocolate Cake Shot

Frangelico – or another hazelnut liqueur
Vanilla vodka – use a high quality vodka you’ve enjoyed before
Sugar
Lemon wedge

Two photos showing How to Make a Chocolate Cake Shot – pouring vanilla vodka over the hazelnut liqueur

A Chocolate Cake Shot with Frangelico

Chocolate cake shots are usually made with Frangelico, a hazelnut liqueur with hints of chocolate, coffee, and vanilla – it’s similar in taste to a chocolate espresso martini. When combined with vanilla vodka and finished with a taste like lemon sugar, the flavors of chocolate cake arise.

Two photos showing How to Make this hazelnut liqueur-based recipe – placing sugared lemon wedge on the rim of the shot glass

How do you make a Chocolate Cake Shot?

Learning how to make this vodka-infused recipe is simple.

Start by adding Frangelico or any other hazelnut liqueur into a shot glass. Pour vanilla vodka over the hazelnut liqueur.
Dip a lemon wedge in sugar to coat. Place the sugar-coated lemon wedge on the edge of the shot glass.
Now, shoot it and suck on the sugar lemon wedge. Wait for it… chocolate cake flavors ignite!

This chocolate cake shot recipe served with a slice of chocolate cake and Frangelico in the background.

Anyone else hearing the Lil Jon song in their heads? Just me? Heehee. Let me know in the comments below what you think of this recipe! Also, take a pic and share, tagging me @beamingbaker and #beamingbaker. I can’t wait to see it! ‘Til the next one…

Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️

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