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!)
Thank you thank you for checking with Wilton on the butter flavor! I have always loved adding this stuff to my baked goods, but it sat lonely on my shelf when I went vegan. But now I dig it out again with smiles:) Love your blog.
Thanks so much, Sarah! I was amazed when they said it was vegan, but I figured it didn’t hurt to ask. I guess it’s all chemicals and artificial stuff, so there’s no need for real butter. Pretty cool!
I think I am making a trip to the health store tomorrow for some coconut butter! YUM! I am trying to take off some baby weight okay….4 kids worth 🙂 I am going to enjoy your blog! Glad I found ya! 🙂
I am so glad you found me, too! 🙂 🙂
I was so excited to try this, but it unfortunately didn’t live up to my expectations! It was good, don’t get me wrong, but it didn’t taste like cake batter to me. I followed the recipe and even gave it 2 big spoonfuls of my (precious) coconut butter, thinking that’s whats going to make it taste cake batter-y. It mostly tasted like a banana smoothie with a hint of chocolate. Oh well, I added spinach to it to make it a little healthier, and the taste was good, just not what I hoped for. Next time, I’ll just make an extra big batch of coconut banana butter. YUM.
I just made this too, and it was DELICIOUS!!! My new favorite shake. I love it!!!
Tastes like birthday cake in a glass. How do you come up with these awesome recipes??? 🙂
Is there a substitute I could use for coconut butter? Thanks!
Maybe cashew butter?
I think my life has been forever changed by this recipe…can’t say I had any doubts, since every recipe I have tried has been amazing..but this one tops all. It is absolutely fantastic 🙂 Especially for a batter/dough loving chocoholic like myself. 🙂
Oh. My. Goodness. Katie, I’m a new fan of yours and I just tried this. It is sooooooo good!! Thank you so much for what you do. I love eating healthy, but am very un-creative in my food making so usually my meals are pretty plain. NOW, because I found you, they are extremely delicious! 🙂
I did add in some whey powder for protein and substituted coconut oil for the coconut butter, and it tastes incredible. Yum!
mmm it was like a giant frosty, but healthy! and so good.
I noticed in one of the other milkshake recipes you said that coconut oil could be subbed for the butter is that true for this one also? thanks
Yes, but coconut oil hardens when solid… I like coconut chunks, but I know a lot of people don’t!
I just got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday and thus I have not strayed from a liquid diet both yesterday and today (and probably tomorrow). I just made this and it’s delicious! I actually added some soft tofu to it to give me some protein and it turned out great. It probably made it creamier, actually. I just added maybe another 1/4th cup of Almond milk to mine (bringing my milk total to 3/4 cup) and I now have the perfect thick and creamy chocolate-cake batter milkshake.
This is my new favorite post-work out shake. SO good! I downed mine faster than I’d like to admit…