’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse… except Alice Bennett (AKA Miss Trixie), who is shaking our next delish cocktail collab (drum roll please) – the aptly named Black Forest Caketail. As this is a special holiday ep of our Mixing With series, we thought it best to bring back our fave Melbourne-based cake maker and sweet tooth, Alice.
You might already know Alice from our past cocktail creation the Amaretto Sundae Stir. But in case you need a reminder, she is a fab baker, content creator and all-round legend. I mean, peep her beautiful cake creations here. STUNNING.
To kick off our chat, we asked Alice if she could share a cocktail with a celebrity, who would it be and why? “Lizzo! Because she would have to be the funniest celebrity going around. And the person you’re going to have the most fun with. Imagine the dancing! Imagine the singing! Imagine the twerking!” Lizzo, if you’re reading this, slide into our DMs.
Right, back to Christmas, holidays and caketails. As this is a Chrissy cocktail, we’d be remiss not to ask our baking queen how she celebrates. “Our Christmases are big – go big or home is typically our motto. Christmas is typically spent with my mum’s side of the family and she’s one of five, so there are plenty of cousins, aunties, uncles and furry friends running around. Everyone has a role – a big Google document is set up every year to allocate tasks – my mum is always on the ham, my dad on the barbecue, my Aunty Suzy responsible for her turkey.” Adopt us, Alice. We can peel prawns.
But hang on, aren’t we forgetting the last and most crucial course of Chrissy? “Unsurprisingly, I am responsible for something sweet – I used to make a gingerbread house for the youngest in the family to smash with a rolling pin. It’s a tradition!”
Nice. Now onto this Chrissy cocktail, the Black Forest Caketail. What’s it all about? “This cocktail tastes like an alcoholic milkshake, so it feels really nostalgic to drink. I love how flavours can do that. I would serve this drink just before dessert, almost as a palate cleanser. Any sips you don’t finish you could easily drink with dessert too, but I think it could almost be the dessert before the dessert!” Cake on cake on cake. Delish.
In terms of flavours, think cherry and brandy with big floats of cream and milk. Kind of like a cherry-flavoured milkshake. Yum.
