Velvet Hammer
ClassicSmooth as velvet, and it hits like one.
CreamyDessertIndulgentAfter Dinner
3 minEasyBalanced
Plush and deceptively easy. Candied orange and chocolatey crème de cacao smoothed into cream — sweet, round, and dangerously drinkable.
Ingredients
- 1 oz Triple Sec
- 1 oz White Crème de Cacao
- 1 oz Heavy Cream
- Grated nutmeg · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add the triple sec, white crème de cacao, and cream to a shaker with ice.
- 2
Shake hard until well-chilled and frothy.
- 3
Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
- 4
Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.
The Story
A mid-century American dessert cocktail that earned its name honestly: it goes down like velvet and lands harder than it lets on. A fixture of 1960s supper clubs and Hollywood haunts like Ciro's, it pairs orange-scented triple sec with chocolate and cream.
Glass · Coupe glassGarnish · Grated nutmeg
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