Recipes for Mixed Drinks by Hugo R. Ensslin (1917, p.27) — Ensslin 1917

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

Ice: Cracked ice

This matters because it preserves another tiny gin-and-cacao branch beside the more cream-bearing dessert lines.

Its small size and lack of cream keep it closer to aperitif or after-dinner cocktail service than to a full dessert drink.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Alexander Cocktail, Panama Cocktail