Takes the Cake

Name: Takes the Cake
Ingredients: 1 oz Tiki Lovers Pineapple Rum; 0.5 oz Brandy; 0.5 oz Hazelnut Liqueur; 0.5 oz Melon Liqueur; 0.75 oz Lime Juice; 0.5 oz Fruit Cocktail Syrup; 1.5 oz Apple Cider

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By Cody Sullivan

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Submitted on: January 5, 2024

Tropical

Brandy

Starting the new year off with the not-so-well-known holiday of #TossYourFruitCakeDay! For those that haven’t heard of fruit cake, it is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits, typically brandy or rum. This dessert often gets a rep for tasting poorly and possibly serving as a gift to a friend who forgot your birthday, so I wanted to flip it and make a tasty drink inspired by the infamous dessert. This one was truly of fruit of labor. Balancin...

Ingredients

1 oz
Tiki Lovers Pineapple Rum

0.5 oz
Brandy

0.5 oz
Hazelnut Liqueur

0.5 oz
Melon Liqueur

0.75 oz
Lime Juice

0.5 oz
Fruit Cocktail Syrup

1.5 oz
Apple Cider

Instructions

Garnish

Fruit Cocktail Skewer

Build

Shake & Strain

Glass

Cocktail Coupe

Estimated strength

About 13% ABV (estimate)

By Cody Sullivan

Cocktail Wednesday

Lifting spirits by mixing spirits halfway through the work week. Amateur mixologist. High-spirited pun enthusiast. Learning one libation at a time.

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Add ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake well. Double-strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. Garnish with fruit cocktail skewer. *Dissolve equals part brown sugar and water. Drain the liquid from a can of Fruit Medley and add equal part of liquid to simmering syrup mixture.

Editor's Note

Pineapple rum teams with hazelnut and melon liqueurs, while a homemade fruit‑cocktail syrup turns apple cider into a dessert‑like sipper.

Links

Takes the Cake

Takes the Cake - How to Make

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Stacy (Crafted Pour)

14 January 2024

Also haven't tried that Melon liquor, if I can't get my hands on a bottle and sway Midori for it, would you make any adjustments to the recipe? I know Midori is sweet , but not sure how that melon liquor is ?

Stacy (Crafted Pour)

14 January 2024

This is definitely the way to enjoy fruit cake. Cheers.