Carrot Cake Liqueur

This carrot cake liqueur has all the traditional spices of a carrot cake packed neatly into a glass to sip either straight , over ice or with a mixer of your choice, Cheers!

Why you’ll love this recipe

• Come on, who doesn’t like a yummy carrot cake, and who doesn’t enjoy a good liqueur – so let’s put them together and you get my fabulous carrot cake liqueur!
• This carrot liqueur is super easy to make with just some basic store cupboard ingredients.
• You can’t buy carrot liqueur in the shops so this hooch is something really rather special.
• The taste, this carrot vodka tastes seriously good!

I love make liqueurs and infused booze, in fact I have a whole section on it – homemade liqueurs and infusions for you to check out.

Using carrots to make a liqueur seemed like a great idea since I love carrot cake, so here you go, my carrot cake liqueur to enjoy all year round.

Ingredients for carrot cake liqueur

There aren’t a lot of ingredients in this easy carrot liqueur so make sure that you use the best quality when it comes the the carrots and the nuts.

Carrots – The star of the show in this super tasty hooch. Make sure your carrots are nice and fresh so they have lots of flavour.

Sugar – I’m using Muscovado brown sugar for this liqueur because I want that caramel like flavour that you get in a nice carrot cake. If you don’t have any brown sugar you can use white but you won’t get the same flavour.

Spices – When you think about carrot cake you think spicy and this carrot cake liqueur is no different. You will want some cinnamon and ginger to give it a bit of a kick.

Fruit and nuts – Orange zest for extra flavour plus walnuts and sultanas which all add to the amazing taste of this liqueur.

Hooch – Vodka. Go for supermarket own brand here and leave your Stolly and Grey Goose for sipping!

Can you use other booze?

Yes you can use rum for this liqueur which will give a really rich and deep taste to this liqueur and if you fancy you could go for a gin base instead.

How to make Carrot Liqueur

First, you want to give your carrots a good scrub and then grate them so that you are releasing all that wonderful sweet fresh flavour into the booze.

Now pop the grated carrot into a Kilner type large jar and add all the other ingredients to the mix and give it all a good stir.

Put the lid on the jar and set it aside in a cupboard/larder for a week.

Strain the liquid through a sieve lined with kitchen paper. Do not be tempted to squeeze out the last drops or you will make your carrot cake liqueur cloudy. Patience is a virtue here.

If the liqueur does have any bits floating in it simply pour it through a fresh sheet of kitchen paper to sieve out any unwanted extras.

Pour your carrot vodka into a sterilised bottle and you are done.

How long does this keep?

Your carrot cake liqueur will keep for up to a year or so in a cool dark cupboard.

How to serve carrot cake liqueur.

You can pop a bottle of this delicious liqueur into the freezer along with some tiny shot glasses and serve it as a frozen shot. It is great served just over ice as above and you can also add a mixer of your choice to make a tall cool drink. Ginger Ale works really well with carrot cake liqueur.

Looking for more fun liqueurs to try? Then check these out before you go;

Rhubarb and ginger gin

Elderflower liqueur

Merry Mary tomato water

Strawberry and lavender gin

Dandelion Liqueur

And for those who want even more inspiration head for my Liqueurs & Infusions Section of this blog for loads more great recipes to try.

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