Pineapple Upside Down Cake Shot (Not a Mini-Cocktail)

Pineapple upside down cake shot is a unique shooter drink which is reminiscent of the cake’s flavors featuring pineapple and cherries!

If you love pineapple upside down cake, you’ll want to try these pineapple upside down cake shots!

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Reminiscent of the vintage pineapple and cherry cake recipe, this shot is a fun and boozy homage to the original bake. I also just happen to have the recipe for a classic pineapple upside down cake, if you’d like one.

What’s in a Pineapple Upside Down Cake Shot?

Since we’re not making a cocktail, this shot contains only two ingredients: pineapple vodka and maraschino cherry liquid/juice.

I used Ciroc pineapple vodka which is quite good, and Santa Barbara Olive Company maraschino cherries, which are filled with awful ingredients, but my homemade candied cherries are not in liquid. I may just have to make my own version to use in this recipe as well as the pineapple upside down cake, so stay tuned!

What Makes a Shot Different than a Cocktail?

A shot is usually only one or two types of liquor or spirits. A shot is NOT a smaller serving of a mixed drink or cocktail. If you are taking a “shot” and it’s mostly juice, mixers with a small ratio of alcohol, you are not making or drinking a shot. 

A shot is also usually consumed in one go, or one “shot.” We’re not pouring a liqueur into a pretty glass and sipping away. Shots or shooters are usually “thrown back.” Think of old cowboy movies where the patron at a saloon would throw back a shot of whisky. 

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Shot

by Christina Conte                                    Makes 1 shot

PRINTABLE RECIPE BELOW

Ingredients

• good quality pineapple vodka
• Maraschino cherries

Special equipment: 2 oz shot glass, a jigger or measuring glass

Directions

• Measure a shot of the pineapple vodka and add it to the glass.

• Add the maraschino cherry liquid (from the jar of cherries.)

• Garnish the pineapple upside down cake shot with a maraschino cherry and slice of pineapple, if desired.

Repeat for more servings, but be sure that you don’t sip this shot, or else it’s no longer a shot!

CHEERS!

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Love pineapple?
Try this super easy, no bake, pineapple dream dessert recipe.

 

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