Birthday Cake Milkshake | funfetti shake recipe

This easy and delicious birthday cake milkshake recipe calls for just 4 simple ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes! This birthday cake shake is the perfect summer treat. Plus, it can easily be made in any of your favorite cake batter flavors!

My little sister loves birthday cake, and anything birthday cake-flavored! From birthday cake candies to cake batter ice cream. And has been highly suggesting I add some birthday cake-flavored items to my blog. In other words, create more birthday cake-flavored recipes so she can eat them. 

And I’ll be honest, while I love my younger siblings and all my siblings for that matter. My general hatred of cake led me to procrastinate on this recipe and several other cake-related recipes for quite a while.

But with the heat of summer upon us, and the sudden desire to make a birthday cheesecake. I decided it was high time I got to work on this recipe!

Which was a lot easier than I expected. I guess partly because I had already figured out how to make delicious and creamy milkshakes at home. And given my sister’s love of sprinkles, I already knew exactly what kind of cake this shake was going to be flavored with.

After tossing around a few ideas, I realized that the best way to make a cake batter milkshake is to add cake batter to it. Well, cake mix, which is, I guess, the secret ingredient to this yummy recipe!

This birthday cake milkshake tastes exactly like cake batter, it’s cool and creamy, and makes a delicious treat for any hot summer day! 

It’s the perfect sweet treat to say happy birthday to anyone, and the best part is that it calls for a few ingredients and takes almost no time to make.

How To Make A Birthday Cake Milkshake

Ingredients 

• vanilla ice cream, softened slightly. See notes for using a different kind of ice cream
• funfetti cake mix; you could also use yellow cake mix. See notes for making different kinds of cake batter shakes. 
• whole milk, or milk of choice.
• whipped cream, homemade or store-bought. + more for topping
• rainbow sprinkles + more for topping

Directions

Place the vanilla ice cream in an upright blender, add the cake mix and a splash of milk, followed by the whipped cream. 

Blend on high, adding more milk if needed, until you have reached your desired consistency. Add the rainbow sprinkles and pulse just until combined.

Pour into a tall glass, top with whipped cream, and rainbow sprinkles.

Serve and enjoy! 

Recipe Notes

You can add a splash of vanilla extract to this shake to bring out the cake flavor even more! You can also substitute any of your favorite sprinkles.

The base of this recipe can be used to create any flavor of cake batter shake. Use chocolate ice cream and cake mix to create chocolate cake shakes. Or use strawberry ice cream and cake mix to make a delicious strawberry birthday cake batter shake! But you can use any of your favorite boxed cake mixes, or even a homemade cake mix!  

Here’s my easy homemade whipped cream recipe! 

I love to use this recipe for both topping and mixing in my milkshakes.

Combine 1 cup heavy cream, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, and 3 teaspoons vanilla extract in a large bowl. Beat using an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form. Enjoy!

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