How to Make a Wedding Cake Martini

With a wedding cake martini, you can have your cake and drink it too.

A wedding cake martini is a sweet alcoholic drink. The cocktail got its name because it tastes just like wedding cake. Requiring just a few ingredients and easy to make, it is a festive addition to a cocktail menu at a wedding reception, as well as a lively drink to serve at any party. Does this Spark an idea?

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Martini shaker
Ice
3 oz. amaretto
1/2 oz. vodka
1 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice
Martini glass

Instructions

- 1
  
  Fill the shaker halfway with ice.
- 2
  
  Pour amaretto, vodka and orange juice into the shaker.
- 3
  
  Put the top of the shaker on and shake a few times.
- 4
  
  Take the top off, and strain the liquid into a martini glass.

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