Black Forest Cake Shot | 12 Shots of Christmas

Named for the famous dessert, the Black Forest Cake shot is the perfect balance of chocolate, coffee, cherry and cream. Your guests will love you for serving it to them!

This is the third post in my 12 Shots of Christmas series. On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: one Black Forest Cake shot, one Chocolate Raspberry Kiss shot and a shot named Peppermint Patty!

This recipe is for one shot.  To make multiple shots, you can double or triple the recipe.

The interesting thing about this shot is that, despite the cherry brandy, it doesn’t have a strong cherry flavor.  It’s nicely balanced and delicious.

I mention this in my other Christmas shot posts too: I love that even though you layer the spirits in the order of heaviest to lightest density, sometimes they still switch places with each other.  (Maybe when they’re actually very close in weight?)

For instance, in this Black Forest cake shot, the Baileys switches places with the cherry brandy.  So why I just don’t layer the cherry brandy after the Baileys?

First, because I love watching them switch places.  It’s like alchemy!  But I have found the order I give here is the correct order in which to layer this delicious shot.  It comes out more cleanly and more clearly.  Leave me a comment if you have a different experience.

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Helpful tips

• If you are going to layer this shot, either use a cocktail spoon or regular iced tea spoon – for the thin, tall shot glass, I have to use the iced tea spoon because the cocktail spoon is too wide to fit in the glass
• Always place the spoon bowl side up in the glass, against the side
• Using a pourer controls the pour, which is critical to layering any shot. But if you do use a pourer, just know that you will have to eyeball your quantities because in that case, they’re coming straight out of the bottle, unmeasured
• As with all layered shots, you need to place the heaviest liquor on the bottom and work your way up to the lightest
• If you can use different shot glasses, do!  I like showcasing my shots in as many different ways as I can

How to make the black forest cake shot

Step one

Get the shot glasses, a cocktail spoon or an iced coffee teaspoon.

Step two

Gather the ingredients – Kahlúa, cherry brandy and Baileys Irish cream

Step three

Pour one ounce of Kahlúa in the shot glasses.

Step four

Take the spoon you are using and place it bowl side up in the glass and against the side.  Slowly pour (using a pourer) a little over 1/4 ounce of cherry brandy over the spoon.

Step five

Place the spoon in the glass like before and slowly pour a little over 1/4 ounce of Baileys in the glass.

See how the Baileys and cherry brandy have switched places?

Let’s look at just the Black Forest cake shot.

When the layers switched places, it makes for a fun and pretty effect.

All that is left to do is to shoot the shots!

I hope you enjoyed this Black Forest cake shot recipe!

Other popular cocktails

• Snickers Shot
• Tequila Sunrise Cocktail
• Southern Comfort Manhattan
• Whiskey Sour Cocktail

And as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish!

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