Cherry Bakewell

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (78 ratings)

Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Coupe Glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
56 oz Disaronno amaretto
56 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur
12 oz Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
Cocktail of the day:

20th February 2025 is Cherry Pie Day

Review:

I've seen the same cocktail with equal parts amaretto, cherry brandy and vermouth but's a recipe for an overly sweet cocktail – even for a dessert cocktail. If you're after a less alcoholic dessert then omit the brandy from my recipe, but surely every dessert benefits from a splash of brandy?

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History:

There are numerous Cherry Bakewell recipes, this one created in December 2022 by yours truly.

Nutrition:

One serving of Cherry Bakewell contains 267 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 19.4% alc./vol. (19.4° proof)
  • 21.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Ares’ Avatar Ares
16th March at 13:53
Made this one with blanc vermouth and I thought it was lovely. It's sweet, but not as much as one would expect from Heering and Disaronno together. I'll be coming back to this one if one day I get a bottle of dry vermouth to see the difference.
Ares’ Avatar Ares
20th April at 11:13
Another update because I forgot to give one; I think I prefer a blanc vermouth over a dry vermouth for this one. For the blanc vermouth I used Dolin and for the dry vermouth I used Martini, but I wonder how it would go if I used Dolin Dry and Martini Bianco. Maybe in a very distant future I'll try different brands.
Peter McCarthy’s Avatar Peter McCarthy
5th April 2024 at 02:03
Excellent option for a "dessert" cocktail that's not overly sweet!
Beth Schneider’s Avatar Beth Schneider
23rd February 2024 at 21:24
Cherry tasty!
Fredie Martineau’s Avatar Fredie Martineau
4th April 2023 at 15:54
Really good and tasty, very cleverly reminiscent of the Bakewell tart.
Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
25th March 2023 at 17:55
Not too sweet (I even *like* too sweet, but this was not), and still had that wonderful bakewell taste.

I miss bakewells here in NL. :(
Ruth Harvey’s Avatar Ruth Harvey
15th March 2023 at 21:59
Straight to the top of our favourites list!
We followed the recipe to the letter and it was excellent! Thanks Mr Difford.