Cocktail-Ology by Count Benvenito Martini (1916) — Cocktail-Ology, miscellaneous drinks section

0.33 partbrandy base
0.33 partCreme de Cocoa base
0.33 partsweet cream other
  1. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.

Ice: Ice

Recipes for Mixed Drinks by Hugo R. Ensslin (1917, p.28) — Ensslin 1917

0.5 drinkdry gin — Dry Ginbase
0.5 drinkcreme de cacao — Creme de Cacaomodifier
0.5 drinkcream — Sweet Creamother
  1. Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice.
  2. Strain and serve.

Ice: Cracked ice

This matters because it preserves a cream-and-cacao gin branch beside both dry aperitif gin drinks and fuller Alexander-style dessert forms.

The cream changes the drink's texture and role without turning it into a larger milk drink.

See also: Poppy Cocktail, Alexander Cocktail