Now, you can have your cake and drink it too! This creamy Chocolate Cake Shake is blended with real pieces of chocolate cake, for a cold treat you can’t pass up.
Use chocolate ice cream or my homemade vanilla ice cream recipe to whip up this delicious treat!
Portillo’s Cake Shake
For those of you outside the midwest, Portillo’s is the BEST fast food in Chicago. They have the BEST Italian beef sammies, Chicago hot dogs, french fries and chocolate cake.
Guess what they did with that chocolate cake?
Yep, they blended it right into a chocolate shake.
Next time you make a cake, instead of throwing away the leftovers (the horror!) stick a few slices of cake in the freezer for making Chocolate Cake Shakes.
Ingredient Notes
Just three easy ingredients in today’s chocolate milkshake recipe.
- Chocolate Cake- homemade chocolate cake is incredible, but really any leftover birthday cake will suffice. Stale? No problem. And make sure you grab a slice with lots of frosting!!
- Chocolate Ice Cream
- Milk– you’ll just need a splash, so use what you have in house!
How to Make a Chocolate Milkshake
Making Cake Shakes is no more difficult than making a typical chocolate milkshake.
You start with a big slice of chocolate cake and chocolate frosting in a blender. Add in some chocolate ice cream with a splash of milk. Blend until smooth.
If you want it thinner, add a little more milk. For a thicker shake you can eat with a spoon, start with the teeniest splash of milk and go from there.
Don’t forget to garnish your cake with an extra slice of chocolate cake (haha) as well as some whipped cream!
What Chocolate Cake to Use
I like a plain, straight up slice of chocolate cake best for this recipe.
Leftover Wacky Cake with a layer of The Best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting works beautifully here. Those recipes are easy enough to whip up without much notice if a sudden Chocolate Cake Shake craving strikes.
I’ve also made my copycat Portillo’s Cake Shake with leftover pieces of my go-to Dark Chocolate Cake.
Chocolate Cupcakes work well here too! The amount of cake in this chocolate milkshake should be equal to approximately 2 cups.
That’s one giant slice of regular cake or about 2 normal sized cupcake’s worth.
Variations
Me? I love chocolate cake shakes the very best. But all kinds of cake and ice cream combos work here. Live your best cake shake life with whatever flavors you choose! Try these ideas:
- Birthday Cake Shake – Vanilla ice cream and white or yellow birthday cake. Top with whipped cream and sprinkles!
- Strawberry Cake Shake – Strawberry ice cream and cake. Chocolate cake will make the shake taste like chocolate covered strawberries!
- Black and White – Vanilla ice cream and chocolate cake for those who love both!
- Oreo- Use cookies and cream ice cream with chocolate cake!
I’m so excited that cake soup is socially acceptable now. . . at least when you blend it up and call it a Cake Shake instead! I hope you enjoy it too.
More Ice Cream Desserts
Chocolate Cake Shake
Ingredients
- 6 scoops chocolate ice cream
- 1 big slice chocolate cake, prepared with chocolate frosting about 2 cups
- splash of milk
Instructions
- In a blender, combine ice cream with chocolate cake, crumbled.
- Add milk and blend. Makes two servings.
- Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate cake. Serve immediately.
Notes
- FOr delicious results, use my chocolate cake recipe! Or use leftover chocolate cupcakes (you’ll need at least two)!
- If you want it thinner, add a little more milk. For a thicker shake you can eat with a spoon, start with the teeniest splash of milk and go from there.
- Don’t forget to garnish your cake with an extra slice of chocolate cake (haha) as well as some whipped cream!
cake soup sounds pretty enthralling :o) this cake shake…wow!!
You aren’t weird, I used to do this too!!!! I wouldn’t blend it though, I liked mine with chunky pieces of cake. It’s super awesome!
HOLY FRIDGE I LOVE love lovveeee portillos! Their chocolate cake shake is beyond heavenly. I got so excited when I saw this!! I love it when people actually know what POrtillo’s is. Have you tried their chopped salad?! It’s pretty much the only place I ever get excited about ordering a salad from. I have no idea what they do to that thing, but it is GOOD. Of course their hot dogs and beef are killer too 😉
Okay AImee, I’ve never heard of cake soup, but I totally want to try it!! That shake looks amazing and now I want cake!!!
holy crap, that chocolate cake looks SO good on that shake. i’ll take that hunk of cake and the shake please!! haha
order up! Sorry, just wanted to say that like my house is some kind of diner!
what a delish idea! Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed my visit to your lovely blog. Hugs. P.S. I invite you to join us for tomorrows linky party ( blog hop)
Haha, what?! I love this. I’ve never heard of such a thing but it sounds good to me! And I love how you used a piece of cake as garnish. Amazing. 🙂
Everything is better with a cake garnish!
This is so cute! I love it! YUM!
Cake shakes are awesome. I used to get them from Sheridan’s in Kansas. White Wedding Cake shake, red velvet with chocolate jimmies, lemon bar shakes, they are truly so delicious 🙂 Loving the chocolate cake variety you made!
Woah. Seriously love all those ideas. Wheels are turning in my head now!
I know right! Cake shakes may be the next big thing. 🙂 After the puppy chow and rice krispies and biscoff trends…what else is really popular? Hah 🙂
My husband does the cake soup thing and I just never liked it. I just don’t like a soggy cake soup. But everyone has their quirks. I love dipping my Wendy’s fries in the chocolate frosty. Heavenly!
Yum yum yum! I make these all the time 🙂
This is too good! It has definitely never crossed my mind to throw actual cake, frosting and all, into a blender….And the cake soup thing? If its in a bowl, you can eat it for breakfast right? 😉
I like the way you think!!
I have never heard of eating cake cake-soup style, but I’m definitely eager to try it now! It actually sounds good to me, and so does this gorgeous milkshake! I love that big ol’ hunk of chocolate cake nesting on the side. Looks way better than any orange hanging off the side of a glass, don’t ya think? 🙂
I love this! That combination of delicious ingredients can never be bad or weird 🙂
I made a cake batter milkshake a few weeks ago – you used real cake. I LOVE the way you think! NICE!!!
Yummy! I can’t wait to try this! it looks deliciousss
This looks perfect! My dad always eats pie, cake, etc. with milk on it…that’s more common than I thought!
My little brother loooooves chocolate cake shakes from Portillo’s! His bday is around the corner so I think I figured out his present! I am a huge Portillo’s fan too! Love their cheese fries, beef, hot dogs, even the chopped salad are all so good!
I don’t think there is anything on the Portillo’s menu I don’t like! I think your brother will love this!
Brilliant! I can’t wait to try this!!
My parents & siblings always did that! They, in turn, passed it on to my children.
I don’t think it’s weird. It’s normal to some of us!
I’m so glad to hear others are normal too 🙂