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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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Chocolate Cake 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
- 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.
Neil
No mention of the mayonnaise ingredient?
Leslie Kiszka
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/
Alex
So we substitute the oil for the mayonnaise?
Leslie Haasch
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.
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