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    Home » Recipes » Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts

    Chocolate Cake Shake

    Published: Jan 29, 2020 · Last modified: Apr 11, 2022 by Leslie Kiszka / This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Homemade Portillo's Chocolate Cake Shake | Stress Baking
    Homemade Portillo's Chocolate Cake Shake | Stress Baking

    A homemade copycat of the perfection that is Portillo’s Chocolate Cake Shake! A rich, thick chocolate shake with frosted chocolate cake blended right in.

    A chocolate cake shake with a red and white striped straw next to chocolate cake

    Lately, I’ve been pretty homesick. The recurring cravings for deep dish pizza, Italian beef, and the magic of Oberweis milk home delivery have really been interfering with my day-to-day life.

    Even worse? My craving for a Portillo’s Chocolate Cake Shake. 

    I try to plan dinner, and my thoughts are consumed with the idea of making dessert. Just dessert, no dinner. And not just any dessert – a chocolate cake shake.

    It’s taken me this long to finally pull the trigger because it means I need to make a friggin’ chocolate layer cake. To throw in a blender (aff link). Sounds weird, right?

    It’s not. It’s genius and delicious and if you don’t agree with me you’re WRONG. Okay, I’m sorry, you’re not wrong, you’re just… misinformed.

    Two layer chocolate cake with a slice removed to show the layers of cake and frosting

    How to make a chocolate cake shake

    Make my favorite double chocolate layer cake, and then toss a slice into the blender (aff link) with ice cream to make this shake. 

    I know, I know – it means you’re making an entire cake just to use a slice, but don’t look at it that way. You’re making an entire cake, which means you could make 8-16 chocolate cake shakes (depending on the size of of the slices – I recommend a big slice).

    I don’t know about you, but that sounds like the perfect reason to throw a party.

    A blender full of chocolate ice cream and frosted chocolate cake

    Don’t go store bought with the cake!

    You might think you could just buy a little grocery store chocolate cake and chop off a piece to throw in the blender (aff link), but I promise you… you don’t want to do that. It will be nowhere near as good.

    You also want a good quality chocolate ice cream — seriously, don’t skimp on this. Even better? Make your own!

    A chocolate cake shake with a red and white striped straw next to chocolate cake

    Nothing will ever compare to sitting down with the classic red and white cup at a Chicagoland Portillo’s, but this will have to do until my next trip home.

    And fair warning – the next time I fly home, I’ll be the one with my luggage spilling out onto the terminal floor as I sprint to the nearest Portillo’s. Just try to stay out of my way, k? K.

    After you’ve made this recipe, please consider coming back to share your experience with others by leaving a comment below with a star rating!

    Chocolate Cake Shake

    5 from 1 vote
    A homemade copycat of the perfection that is Portillo’s Chocolate Cake Shake! A rich, thick chocolate shake with frosted chocolate cake blended right in.
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    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
    Servings 1 shake

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup good quality chocolate ice cream
    • 1 large slice double chocolate layer cake, frosting and all!

    Instructions
     

    • In a blender, combine ice cream and cake and blend until just combined – the beauty of this recipe is that it’s not completely smooth.
    • Pour into glass and enjoy with a straw or spoon!

    Notes

    To make the math easy, just add 1 slice of cake to each 1 cup of chocolate ice cream.
    • If you slice your cake into 8 large slices, you’ll have a thicker shake that likely warrants a spoon.
    • If you slice your cake into 16 thinner slices, it will be less thick.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 1420kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 100mg | Potassium: 329mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 549IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 144mg | Iron: 1mg
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Author Leslie Kiszka
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    Comments

    1. Neil

      June 11, 2020 at 11:43 am

      No mention of the mayonnaise ingredient?

      Reply
      • Leslie Kiszka

        June 11, 2020 at 11:57 am

        The mayo is included in the cake you make and use for this recipe, which is listed in the recipe card for the cake itself (linked in this post): https://stressbaking.com/double-chocolate-layer-cake/

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    2. Alex

      November 28, 2018 at 6:27 pm

      So we substitute the oil for the mayonnaise?

      Reply
      • Leslie Haasch

        November 29, 2018 at 9:27 am

        The mayo is the key ingredient for this recipe, so I can’t speak to the results with a substitution. But my guess is that it may have a different texture.

        Reply
    3. Cake Delivery in Ranchi

      October 16, 2017 at 6:24 am

      Thanks for it.
      Wow! what a great recipe you have posted here on this web portal. Kindly saying awesome.Keep doing such a nice post. It really helps us to taste new delicious. Thanks for it. It’s really my pleasure that I found this here.

      Reply

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