pineapple upside down martini

Martini Monday!!!

The inspiration for this martini comes from one of my former co-workers who was having a bit of a rough week.  Seems her teenage son’s girlfriend broke up with him and everyone was devastated.  Oh young love.  So I’m sure she could use a good cocktail and I know she likes fruity drinks and pineapple upside down cake is her all time favorite so I made her this pineapple upside down martini.  Oh, and she hates goat cheese.  Just in case you invite her to a party….She might not show up anyway, she’s one of those all talk friends.  You now the ones, who talk a good game about getting together and keeping in touch and then poof! You don’t see them for years and years.  You wanna know the funny thing, I’m kind of just like her.  Even funnier- we live 3 streets away from each other!!   I’m just giving her a hard time though because I miss her and all of my other co-workers.

So martini’s are perfect for Mondays. They’re mostly all alcohol so after 1 you can catch a nice buzz. And this martini is kind of like dessert. So if you really want to splurge, you have 2 pieces of cake or should I say 2 glasses of cake….You get it right?

Pineapple upside down cake martini
 2 oz vanilla vodka
1 oz amaretto
1 oz butterscotch schnapps
2 oz pineapple juice
1 maraschino cherry
Combine alcohol and juice in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a martini glass with a maraschino cherry on the bottom of the glass. Another option is to put grenadine in the bottom of the glass but I like to use a cherry just like the cake.