YELLOW CAKE MARTINI - Cake Martini Classic

Download the full sized 5x3 recipe card in print quality here

The YELLOW CAKE MARTINI

It's hard to tell from the ingredients but this martini really does taste like a classic yellow cake. It's very sweet and the vanilla tones really bring home the experience. This one goes down way too easy so watch yourself!

I had to add the fun cake decorating sprinkles - I like my cakes decorated! It also puts a touch of celebration to this Yellow Cake Martini experience, making it perfect for birthday party.

Enjoy and Happy Whatever!

If you like my fun
POP ART CAKES
check them out on posters, t-shirts, business cards, aprons & other fun goodies
at the PopArtDiva Gift Gallery

POP ART CAKE IS AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING

Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
Friend me on Facebook
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

PUMPKIN PIE MARTINI - Pumpkin Cocktail

This cocktail will surprise you, it did me. I wanted to create a drink with the classic flavors of the holidays and the one thing I looked forward to most at the holidays was my Mom's pumpkin pie. I waited all year for that pumpkin pie. Thankfully, pumpkin was a holiday food flavor I could work with.

My real miracle came when Hiram Walker came out with their Pumpkin Spice Liqueur way back in 2007. Though the liqueur by itself smells and tastes a bit like butterscotch, when mixed with the right balance of other ingredients I wound up with almost a perfect liquid version of my Mom's pumpkin pie.

Later, when Hiram Walker's Pumpkin Spice became harder to find, I would venture into making my own Pumpkin Liqueur.

People are a bit leery of the idea when I offer them one but the minute they take the first sip they are converted to Pumpkin Pie Martini fans. If you love pumpkin pie, you'll love this martini too.

The Original
PUMPKIN PIE
MARTINI

INGREDIENTS
2 Oz. Hiram Walker Pumpkin Spice Liqueur
(or Homemade Pumpkin Liqueur)
1 Oz. Bailey's Irish Cream Liqueur
(or Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur)
1 Oz. Vodka

Garnish: Pumpkin Pie Spice and Sugar Rim, Whipped Cream

DIRECTIONS
Blend 2 tablespoons of sugar with 2 teaspoons of Pumpkin Pie Spice. Dip the rim of the glass in some of the pumpkin liqueur then into the sugar mixture then chill glass in the freezer.
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously until blended and chilled.
Pour into the chilled glass, top off with the whipped cream then add an extra dusting of more pumpkin pie spice if you like and serve.

VOICEOVER VIDEO WITH INGREDIENTS & DIRECTIONS:

Check out all my other
PUMPKIN COCKTAILS & PUMPKIN RECIPES

 

Updated 12-2021

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY

 

PECAN PIE MARTINI

The

PECAN PIE MARTINI Has MOVED HERE

Updated 1-2021

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

PEACH PIE MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

Have your dessert first, make this Peach Pie Martini for happy hour. The essence of a slice of peach pie lies in the peach vodka, peach juice and the sweet pie crust garnish. A little vanilla vodka and some half & half and you have peach pie in a glass.

Maybe this cocktail should have been called the Peach Pie Ala Mode Martini because the half & half brings in the creamy element that ice cream would bring to a piece of peach pie, but that was getting a bit cumbersome for a drink name. Don't like pie ala mode? Leave out the half & half.

The

PEACH PIE

MARTINI

INGREDIENTS

1-1/2 Oz. Peach Vodka

1-1/2 Oz. Vanilla Vodka

1-1/2 Oz. Fresh Peach Juice

1 Oz. Half & Half

Garnish: Fresh Peach Slices, Piece of Cinnamon Sugared Pie Crust

DIRECTIONS

Chill glass in the freezer.

Add the ingredients to an ice filled cocktail shaker and shake until well chilled.

Strain into the chilled glass, garnish and serve.

VOICEOVER VIDEO WITH INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS:

SUBSTITUTION SUGGESTION: If you can't find peach vodka you can use 1 ounce of plain vodka and 1/2 ounce of a peach schnapps OR . . . you can infuse your own peach vodka by reading my post How to Make Your Own Flavored Vodkas.   National Peach Pie Day is August 24th.
Updated 8-2021 PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY  

LEMON MERINGUE PIE MARTINI - Lemoncello Martini

 

Get my
The LEMON MERINGUE PIE MARTINI Recipe

This Lemon Martini uses Limoncello - like the Lemon Cream Pie Martini - but it's a meringue pie martini so there are egg whites* in it to give the martini that lovely fluffy meringue like texture. I swear this tastes just like a lemon meringue pie, right down to the perfect sweet-tart tanginess.

If you miss the pie crust just bake one of those ready-mades up, crush it up with some sugar and rim the glass with that! If you don't like the frothiness that a blender gives just shake the ingredients up in a martini shaker for a smoother experience!

I love chocolate and lemon together so sometimes I rim the glass in finely shaved dark chocolate. It tastes like my Choco-Lemon Pie.

Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

LEMON CHIFFON PIE MARTINI - Lemoncello Martini

Here's my recipe for

The

LEMON

CHIFFON PIE

MARTINI

PLEASE DRINK AND DRIVE RESPONSIBLY.

BLUEBERRY PIE MARTINI - Pie Martinis

Get The Recipe for the
BLUEBERRY PIE MARTINI HERE

Like blueberries? You're going to love this martini then - it's ripe with fresh blueberry juice and gets a little kick from blueberry and vanilla vodka and a little raspberry liqueur. When I bake a blueberry pie I always use a little lemon juice to brighten up the flavors and the sweet and sour bring that element to play. A little bit of cream makes it pie a la mode!

The pie crust rim ties it all together and gives you a true blueberry pie experience in a martini glass! And don't forget all those anti-oxidants from the fresh blueberry juice!

Updated 4-2016


My POP ART PIE DESIGN
is available for licensing and is also available on Posters, Tees, Business Cards, Shoes, Aprons and other fun gifts from The PopArtDiva Gift Gallery.
------------

Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
Like Martini Diva on Facebook

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

CARAMEL APPLE PIE MARTINI - Pie Martinis

  After creating cocktail recipes for over 10 years, things got a little messy over here so I moved my recipe for the  CARAMEL APPLE PIE MARTINI
Apple Martinis are the Mac Daddies of designer martinis - one of the first on the scene of the modern martini as a cocktail. There are a bushel of different recipes for them out there - including several of mine which you can find listed below.

The one thing that makes this apple martini a bit different is the combination of Amaretto and Butterscotch Schnapps which bring the baked goods flavor to this apple cocktail - a little vanilla vodka added to the apple pucker bring in the lovely Granny Smith pie filling and a rimming mixture of real pie crust mixed with cinnamon and sugar complete the pie martin!

If you love apple martinis you have to try this one - remember, an apple martini a day keeps the blues away!


My POP ART PIE DESIGN
is available for licensing and is also available on Posters, Tees, Business Cards, Shoes, Aprons and other fun gifts from The PopArtDiva Gift Gallery.
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

CHERRY PIE MARTINI - Pie Martinis

Get the recipe for my
CHERRY PIE MARTINI HERE

Follow me on Twitter as PopArtDiva

Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva  Friend me on Facebook

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY   updated March 2016

KEY LIME PIE MARTINI

This Key Lime Pie Martini is my own original recipe for one of the most popular designer martinis. I love Key Lime Pie and this is like having a piece served up in a martini glass with the added kick of a little alcohol.
THE KEY LIME PIE MARTINI RECIPE

I originally did this recipe with real key limes, squeezing great bunches of the special little limes. Wonderful taste but way too much work! So I experimented and discovered that using frozen limeade (do not add water!) worked almost as well with a lot less work!

Go ahead and buy a couple of real key limes to use as your garnish if you insist. If you decide to use the key limes instead of limeade you must add more sugar! If you don't have or like rum use vanilla vodka.

To get really creative crush up some baked pie shells, mix it with sugar to rim your glass instead of just the sugar. This drink can also be made without the cream for a refreshing Lime Martini.
Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
Updated 8-2016

BOSTON CREAM PIE MARTINI - Pie Martinis

Hi! I've been doing a little redecorating and moved the Boston Cream Pie Martini HERE.

It's  a great dessert cocktail and there's some interesting historical tidbits over there too so do click through!

 P.S. Boston Cream Pie Day is October 23rd!

Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
Friend me on Facebook

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

PIE MARTINIS - Banana Cream Pie Martini

THE BANANA CREAM PIE MARTINI

This Banana Martini tastes just like a liquid banana pie - it's creamy and brimming with banana flavor. It's a perfect dessert martini and a lot easier than baking an actual banana cream pie.

Have some fun - create a Banana Themed Martini Party. Just grab some yellow cocktail napkins and plates, do up some of my Banana Bacon Rumaki and Banana Chicken Fritters from The Diva of Tiny Foods and your party will be truly bananas!

My POP ART PIE DESIGN
is available for licensing and is also available on Posters, Tees, Business Cards, Shoes, Aprons and other fun gifts from The PopArtDiva Gift Gallery.

Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
LIKE me on Facebook

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY
Updated 8-2016

SUGAR COOKIE MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

This Sugar Cookie Martini is a creamy cocktail with the same simple concept as a classic sugar cookie with a crunchy rim that comes from real crushed sugar cookies.

The
SUGAR COOKIEMARTINI
INGREDIENTS:
2 Oz. White Chocolate Liqueur
1 Oz. Irish Cream Liqueur
1/2 Oz. Butterscotch Schnapps
1/2 Oz. Half & Half
Dash of Vanilla Bitters

Garnish: Crushed Sugar Cookie Rim

Tools: Cocktail Shaker

Glass: Old Fashioned

DIRECTIONS:
Dip glass in some of the butterscotch liqueur then dip in crushed sugar cookie crumbs and chill in freezer.
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake until chilled.
Pour into the chilled glass and serve.

VOICEOVER VIDEO WITH INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS:

HISTORY OF THE SUGAR COOKIE

Today's version of the sugar cookie most likely is descended from a cookie like pastry from Europe in the Middle Ages called a Jumble (or jumbals, crybabies, plunkets and gemmels).  Jumbles were made from flour, eggs, nuts and sugar with a little flavoring like vanilla, or anise and were shaped into knots or rings. These were dense, somewhat dry and compact treats that traveled well as they could last for up to a year.

A very common sweet throughout Europe since the Middle Ages, they probably came over to America with the earliest pilgrims. Around the mid 1700s settlers in the German Protestant area of Nazareth in Pennsylvania created a recipe called the Nazareth Sugar Cookie which incorporated eggs and leavening agents and were rolled out and cut into shapes. This is probably the closet relative to what we think of as sugar cookies today.

National Sugar Cookie Day is July 9th.
Updated 7-2021 PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY

VANILLA WAFER COOKIE MARTINI - Cookie Martinis

THE VANILLA WAFER COOKIE MARTINI

I'm sure we all remember vanilla wafers from childhood - those crisp little brown cookies with a big vanilla taste. Even as a kid you could eat them in one bite. My biggest memory of them was having them in banana pudding and banana cream pie. In my house we called them "nilla" wafers which just happens to be the trademark name of Nabisco's brand.

Vanilla wafers are a big part of pop culture having been around since forever - or at least since my forever, lol - I can't remember a time we didn't have a box of them in our cupboard. I'm not a big lover of store bought cookies but vanilla wafers are in the top three I will eat, along with Oreos and Animal Crackers and I still enjoy them with a simple glass of milk.

The Vanilla Wafer Martini is as simple as those ageless golden cookies - just equal parts of Amaretto and vanilla vodka with a rim of real crushed vanilla wafers to give you that cookie crunch. I sometimes garnish it with a full Vanilla Bean Pod but I recently discovered Pepperidge Farm Vanilla Pirouette Cookies on Amazon and those are a fully edible garnish alternative that not only taste good but work as a straw!

The pop art cookie design from the recipe card is available for licensing and on Posters, Tees, Business Cards, Shoes, Aprons and other fun gifts from The PopArtDiva Gift Gallery.
Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
LIKE me on Facebook
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY
Updated 5-2016

OATMEAL COOKIE MARTINI

THE

OATMEAL COOKIEMARTINI RECIPEhas movedHERE

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE MARTINI

ThePEANUT BUTTER COOKIEMARTINI
has movedHERE

OREO COOKIE MARTINI - No Need to Dunk!

Here's an Oreo that's already dunked for you ... and it's dunked in booze!
The crunch comes from using real crushed Oreos on the rim.

THEOREO COOKIEMARTINI

INGREDIENTS1 Oz. Vanilla Vodka1 Oz. Dark Creme de Cacao1/2 Oz. Heavy Cream2 Dashes Coffee Bitters1 Pinch Sea Salt
GarnishRim Glass with Crushed Oreo Cookies
DIRECTIONSDip the rim of your cocktail glass in dark creme de cacao then into crushed Oreo cookies. Chill in freezer.Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice, shake until chilled and blended, pour into your cocktail glass, garnish and serve.
Voiceover Video with Ingredients and Directions:

Updated 3-2022 PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY

MINT MILANO COOKIE MARTINI

Buy the full sized recipe card for the The MINT MILANO COOKIE MARTINI HERE

If you love chocolate, mint and cookies this martini is for you. The Creme de Menthe and Creme de Cacao combine with the cream to give you that lovely mint and chocolate filling experience and the rim of actual crushed Mint Milano cookies is way too much fun.

This is a perfect dessert martini - serve it up with a couple of the actual cookies and your guests will think you're a god or goddess of goodies.

The pop art cookie design from the recipe card is available for licensing and on Posters, Tees, Business Cards, Shoes, Aprons and other fun gifts from The PopArtDiva Gift Gallery. Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY
Updated 8-2016

The S'MORES SHOOTER for National S'mores Day

PLEASE SIR, I'D LIKE S'MORE!
You know the old saying "Forget Love, I'd Rather Fall In Chocolate"? Well, the S'Mores Shooter (or S'Mores Shot) is what I'd like to fall into. It has all the classic flavors of the campfire treat - chocolate, marshmallow and a graham cracker rim garnish.

For a real campfire experience:
Get some votive candles and bamboo skewers and have your guests toast their own marshmallows over the flames for s'mores to go with the shots. But make sure you keep the flames and the booze far apart for safety's sake.
*Why are they called S'mores? Because after you eat one you want some more, of course.

THES'MORES SHOOTER
Ingredients1 Oz. Marshmallow Vodka(I used Pinnacle's)1 Oz. Chocolate Liqueur(I used Godiva)1 Dash of Coffee Bitters(Scrappy's)
Garnish:Rim glass in chocolate syrup then dip in crushed graham crackers.One Marshmallow
DirectionsPour in the Marshmallow Vodka.Pour in the Chocolate LiqueurAdd the bitters, shake and strain into the chilled glass.Garnish and serve.
VOICEOVER VIDEO WITH INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS:

YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY MYS'MORES COCKTAIL
Updated 8-2021 PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY

JIMMY BUFFETT MARTINI - Parrotheads Rejoice!

ODE TO JIMMY BUFFETT MARTINI
MORE PINA COLADA RECIPES HERE

I admit it, I am a Parrothead - I love Jimmy Buffett music. It's perfect tropical party music and needs a tropical party martini. A blue martini to match the beautiful tropical ocean and sky.

The Jimmy Buffett martini is a luscious concoction of passion fruit vodka, coconut rum, pineapple juice and papaya garnish that gets its Caribbean blue color from Blue Curacao. Blue Curacao just happens to be a citrus flavored liqueur from the island of Curacao in the Caribbean! Can't get more island than that!

It should go great with that Cheeseburger in Paradise!


Recipe card design from
FLIP FLOPS POP ART
available on posters, t-shirts & other happy gifts!


Updated 7-2016
Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

TROPICAL WATERMELON MARTINI with Passionfruit!

Doing a little housekeeping! The recipe for my Tropical Watermelon Martini has moved!

Get the recipe for my
TROPICAL WATERMELON MARTINI

Here's a martini that is unique and refreshing for cooling that summer heat - it uses both watermelon vodka and passion fruit vodka for a truly unusual and tropical taste. Try it out with some fresh watermelon juice or even passion fruit juice in place of the orange juice for a slightly different flavor. I cut up a watermelon this morning and the amount of juice in the bottom of the bowl was just enough for one martini.

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY

Pineapple Orange Colada Martini - TROPICAL MARTINI #4

THE PINEAPPLE ORANGE COLADA MARTINI

This martini gives an orange twist to a Pina Colada with citrus vodka and a little fresh orange juice. I've often made smoothies with pineapple, coconut and orange so this is basically a spirited tropical smoothie which means you can leave out the vodka for a non-alcoholic martini!

The Pina Colada is the official drink of Puerto Rico - the home of fabulous rums - so I feel a little guilty not having any rum in it but I didn't happen to have any on hand when I shook this martini up. If you want you can use a rum instead and it will impart a slightly sweeter taste as rums are made with the by-products of sugarcane such as molasses.

If this doesn't put the Vitamin C in your cocktail nothing will - serve it up with some of my Taste of the Islands Nachos and pretend you're enjoying the late evening breeze of a tropical wind.

MORE PINA COLADA RECIPES HERE

Recipe card design from
FLIP FLOPS POP ART
available on posters, t-shirts & other happy gifts!


------ Follow me on Twitter as PopArtDiva
Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
Friend me on Facebook
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

TROPICAL MARTINIS - Pina Colada Martini

THE PINA COLADA MARTINI
It's a tropical fruit basket in a martini glass!

MORE PINA COLADA RECIPES HERE

Like the Under The Sea Design on the Recipe Card?

It's available on Posters, Apparel, Cups, Cards, Stationary & Other Gifts:

Updated 7-2016

Follow me on Twitter as PopArtDiva
Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
Friend me on Facebook PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

TROPICAL MARTINIS - The Caribbean Martini

CARIBBEAN MARTINI

Our tropical vacation week finds us still in the Caribbean with a slightly altered version of a Pina Colada. This one has rum and vodka but no coconut cream. The coconut flavor is supplied by the coconut rum.

If this doesn't remind you of white sandy beaches, gentle waves lapping at your toes and the sun warming your body as a breeze rustles your hair then it's time you took a real trip to the Caribbean.
MORE PINA COLADA RECIPES HERE

Recipe card design from
FLIP FLOPS POP ART
available on posters, t-shirts & other happy gifts!


Updated 7-2016
Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY

TROPICAL MARTINIS - The Bob Marley Martini

Download the full sized 5x3 recipe card in print quality here under the "O"s

ODE TO BOB MARLEY MARTINI

August is the traditional "vacation month" so this week I'm taking you on a vacation to the tropics with my Tropical Martinis.

Today is my "Ode to Bob Marley" - a Caribbean inspired martini full of fresh fruit flavors and tropical liquors that will make sure you "don't worry, be happy".


Recipe card design from
FLIP FLOPS POP ART
available on posters, t-shirts & other happy gifts!


------

Stop by The Martini Diva™ Boutique for fun Martini Art, Tees & Gifts for All OccasionsFollow me on Twitter as PopArtDiva
Follow me on Twitter as TheMartiniDiva
Friend me on Facebook
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DRIVE RESPONSIBLY