{"id":15355,"date":"2026-01-30T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=15355"},"modified":"2026-01-30T04:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:04:57","slug":"friday-cocktail-the-velvet-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=15355","title":{"rendered":"Friday cocktail &#8211; the Velvet Hammer!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What a cool name. Trouble is, there are eight or nine recipes for this cocktail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what looks to be a good take on it and using Cognac (we haven&#8217;t tried it yet). Farandaville version is below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Velvet Hammer | CREAMY COFFEE AND ORANGE COCKTAIL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TavG8wRSSxs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Farandaville version &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 oz. vodka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3\/4 oz Cointreau or any orange liqueur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3\/4 oz Creme do Cacao. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3\/4 oz. heavy cream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1\/4 oz Grenadine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaken with ice, and no need for a garnish. Flavor at the front reminds of a <a href=\"https:\/\/britishfooddepot.com\/terry-s-chocolate-orange-dark-145g\/?setCurrencyId=1&amp;sku=chm084&amp;cmp_id=23504848743&amp;adg_id=&amp;kwd=&amp;device=c&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23514653185&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAp-zLBhDkARIsABcYc6tbbJAQ21GK6Tgzng7WckbTBJ4pmQrxdS2kRFShFvh2LoxvTpdMCE4aAipFEALw_wcB\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/britishfooddepot.com\/terry-s-chocolate-orange-dark-145g\/?setCurrencyId=1&amp;sku=chm084&amp;cmp_id=23504848743&amp;adg_id=&amp;kwd=&amp;device=c&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23514653185&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAp-zLBhDkARIsABcYc6tbbJAQ21GK6Tgzng7WckbTBJ4pmQrxdS2kRFShFvh2LoxvTpdMCE4aAipFEALw_wcB\">Terry&#8217;s Chocolate Orange<\/a> &#8211; which is not a bad thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Terrys_Chocolate_Orange_Dark_175g__66023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15362\" style=\"width:196px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Terrys_Chocolate_Orange_Dark_175g__66023.jpg 355w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Terrys_Chocolate_Orange_Dark_175g__66023-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260129_193350-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15363\" style=\"width:448px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260129_193350-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260129_193350-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260129_193350-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260129_193350-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260129_193350-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a cool name. Trouble is, there are eight or nine recipes for this cocktail. Here&#8217;s what looks to be a good take on it and using Cognac (we haven&#8217;t tried it yet). Farandaville version is below. Farandaville version &#8211; 1 oz. vodka 3\/4 oz Cointreau or any orange liqueur. 3\/4 oz Creme do Cacao. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cocktails","category-farandaville-family-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15365,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions\/15365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}