About Me

I'm a full-time working mom of 3 in the IT industry, with a great husband. When not spending time with the family, I like to spend my time in the kitchen. I like to cook. I love to eat. I adore entertaining people. I prefer not to go by any particular recipe, but experiment on my own. I'm not professionally trained in any way and I don't claim to be correct on anything I might post. Meals are often tossed together at the last minute. Sometimes I think about them during the day, sometimes I browse my cook book library and compare ingredients of great chefs before me. Sometimes I scour the internet, and sometimes they are literally pulled from the freezer and tossed into a pan.

I also used to dabble in cake decorating. {shameless plug: Cakes By Jenn Facebook}

These are those stories. I play with my food.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Hazelnut Cream Martini

After a day of pushing the sweetest cupcake I have ever made, I felt the need to make a sweet drink to end the night.  I never go off recipes but just open my cabinet, take out random bottles that might go together and shake.  Here's what tonight came up with.  The Hazelnut Cream Martini.  I know that calling this a "martini" is sacrilegious in the martini community because this is really a "cocktail" served in a martini glass.  But at 6:15pm being home from a long day, who's splitting hairs?  So let's drink.




Ingredients:
Pinnacle Whipped Cream Vodka
Hazelnut Bailey's
Disaronno
Kahlua
Milk/Cream











How to put it together:
In a shaker, toss in 3 pieces of ice.
After that, slosh in some vodka.  If I had to wager a guess, 1 shot
Then, splash of Kahlua, probably 1/2 shot
As you can see in the picture, I used a nip of Baileys.. this is 5mL (or roughly 1.25 shot)
Disaronno, 1/2 shot
Milk, until you think you've got enough liquid to fill whatever glass you're pouring this into.
Shake vigorously. (did you remember to put the lid on the shaker? 'Cause if not, you now have a big mess)

Pour into your glass, I chose a martini glass.
Gulp..errr sip.. and enjoy!

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