Recently, I met a new friend, named Erika. This girl did not believe healthy food can taste delicious.
She hadn’t yet heard of the CC Diet philosophy.
Naturally, I felt it was my duty to introduce her. But for Erika’s grave situation, a plain cake-batter shake just wouldn’t suffice. I needed to bring out the chocolate.
Chocolate Cake-Batter Shake
(It’s healthy and sugar-free!)
- 1 frozen, large banana, as ripe as possible
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1-2 tbsp coconut butter
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup milk of choice (I used 200g almond milk) (For an extremely rich, “ice cream”-like shake, try coconut milk. Also, use more or less, depending on desired thickness.)
- 1-2 tbsp cocoa powder (or protein powder)
- For a more cake-like flavor, you can add a very scant 1/8 tsp butter extract. But I opted to leave this out of the recipe, as butter extract isn’t exactly raw! (It is, however, vegan. I emailed Wilton.) Or maybe even use a little melted vegan butter?
- Optional: handfuls of sprinkles
Blend everything together in your Vita-Mix or blender. Add some sprinkles, pre-blending, and throw some more on top! If, like me, you prefer smoothies in a bowl, just reduce the milk.
Or add a little xantham/guar gum, like with the Mint-Chocolate Milkshake.
If you want to un-rawify it, throw in some of the mix for Healthy Chocolate Cake.
(Well, technically you’ve already un-rawified it with the sprinkles. But you can easily choose to leave them out if you want a 100%-raw shake.)
Erika loved the milkshake!
So of course, I invited her over tomorrow, for…
Just kidding! I won’t push my luck. She might not be ready for that yet.
Know someone who hates healthy food?
Have you ever tried to prove to him/her that it can taste good?
How did it go? I’ve had a lot of success getting people on board with the whole “healthy is naughty” thing. Fudge Baby recipes work especially well, like the Raw Thin Mint Brownies.
But sometimes (especially with guys) a person is subconsciously biased against the food before even tasting it. (This is why I often won’t tell someone a food is healthy until after he/she admits to liking it!)
I must have done something very wrong because mine did not turn out well at all.
I liked the consistency but my try just tasted like banana and I was expecting chocolate so I was very disappointed. That being said this was my first try at making anything raw or vegan so I will be trying again!
Can you tell me more about the specific ingredients you used and your method/steps? It’s very hard to know what could’ve gone wrong because I wasn’t there to see 🙁
This is soooooo good!
I made my own coconut butter with it, thanks to your post on coconut butter. I thought it was supposed to go in the fridge and it turned ROCK SOLID just 20 minutes after storing it in their. I researched and coconut butter is very temperamental but you can also microwave to make it liquid-y. It doesn’t have to be stored in the fridge, it can be stored outside. 🙂
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE cake batter! I cannot wait to try this but is there anything that can be used to substitue the coconut oil? Thanks!
Cashew butter, or even peanut butter!
This is my new favorite afternoon treat! Thanks for sharing your creation and keep up the good work!
Is this just one serving? Do I just double everything for 2?
Yes, and yes ;).
Have you ever tried adding spinach to this one? I LOVE your shamrock shake and love the fact that it has spinach even more! I wanted to see if I could add spinach to this one without getting the spinach taste or if I would still be able to taste it due to the lack of the strong peppermint extract. Any thoughts?
I haven’t tried… But if you experiment, be sure to report back!
I was wondering if a butter-type spread like Earth Balance is vegan butter since you used it on https://lett-trim.today/2012/07/12/healthy-cake-batter-cookie-dough-dip/%3C/a%3E so I wanted to make sure I got the information right.
Yes 🙂
where can you buy coconut butter?
i ised this recipie as a base to make my chocate milkshake! i used 1 frozen banana, 1/3 cup milk, and 2 tbsp cocoa powder. it was delicious and tasted EXACTLY like a milkshake!!! mmmm milkshakes for breakfast
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