Cupcakes, like most other people/pastries, enjoy a delicious cocktail. And seriously, the only thing better than a delicious cocktail is a delicious pink cocktail (see also: delicious purple lavender martinis only available in Portland, Oregon). The ur-cocktail of the pink lineage has to be a Cosmopolitan, made even more famous by its frequent guest-star roles on Sex and the City. Frankly (franchement), if this cupcake could bathe in cosmos, she would. France marked a dry-spell in the Cosmo department. And even if France has so many other things (wine, Chartreuse, Chambord, other things of the non-alcoholic variety), it does not really have that same fondness for Cosmos. And that, France, is why we are broken-up. Just kidding, I love you.
All this being said, one thing is evident: cupcake in US= obligatory consumption of cosmopolitans. How convenient that BevMo had even supplied the cupcake household with berry vodka. Nice Bevmo, nice. However the shaker gods/stars were not aligned, and the deliciousness had to be made in a make-shift shaker (not that shaking drinks in a glass with tin foil over the top is make-shift...) And they were still DELICIOUS.
Now you shall make your own....
Cupcake's Favorite Cosmos (from Shag's "Around the World in 80 Drinks")
1.5 ounces vodka (regular or "special", although this blog claims no responsibility for injuries incurred if you try chile vodka)
.5 ounces Triple Sec, Cointreau or Grand Marnier (to be determined by budget)
1 ounce cranberry juice
.5 ounces lime juice (or just squeeze some into the shaker)
Add all elements to an ice-filled shaker. Shake. Strain into classy glass. Enjoy.
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