A creamy after-dinner cocktail built on equal parts Galliano, white crème de cacao, and cream — it drinks like a vanilla-and-chocolate milkshake laced with anise and herbs, shaken to a pale gold froth and dusted with nutmeg. Bartender Frank Cline mixed the first one at Poor Red's in El Dorado, California, in 1952, naming it for the gold Cadillac an engaged couple had just parked outside. Its popularity helped make Galliano a fixture of the mid-century American bar.
Garnish: Grated Nutmeg
Shaken · Coupe · None
add
Combine the Galliano, white crème de cacao, and cream in a shaker with ice.
shake
Shake hard until very cold and frothy, about 15 seconds.
strain
Fine-strain into a chilled coupe.
garnish
Dust with freshly grated nutmeg (chocolate shavings work too).