This Boozy Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake is such a fun grown up drink! Made with easy to find ingredients, now you can have your cake and drink it too!
So after Elliot died, Nathan and I decided that we really needed to get away together. Walking around our house, there were so many reminders of Elliot . . . I mean, just the house itself. We had just purchased a bigger house, thinking that we would need more room for our two boys to run around and play in. And then . . . . and then we had a beautifully decorated nursery and no Elliot to put down for naps in there. Boxes everywhere. Ugh. It was hard.
At the risk of weirding some of you (most of you?) out, I really think that if you are having a major crisis, or have just dealt with something insanely tragic . . . . you should go to Vegas.
Seriously, hear me out. It is the land of escape. They even have it in the saying! What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas . . . I mean, it works the other way too! What happens outside of Vegas, stays outside of Vegas! Okay, it doesn’t actually work that way. It’s not like once we got there I forgot about losing Elliot, but it was a serious distraction.
We really needed a distraction.
So, one of our favorite places in Vegas was The Burger Bar. They have the most insane over the top boozy milkshakes. Like things that you could only imagine in your dreams. I mean it is #Vegas. They fit in there perfectly. So this recipe is kind of like an homage to the amazing milkshakes we had there, and that 100% necessary vacation.
This milkshake could not be easier. It’s made with just a few simple ingredients: vanilla ice cream, frozen strawberries (you could use fresh too!), ACTUAL cake, and cake vodka. OMG. So yummy! And it tastes just like a strawberry shortcake! And then of course you top it with . . . . well you basically top it with a strawberry shortcake. It makes it over the top, epic, and super fun!
Boozy Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake
Ingredients
- 2 cups vanilla ice cream
- 1/2 cup cake vodka
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cups frozen strawberries
- 2 cups cut up angel food cake plus more for topping
- whipped cream for topping
- 2 fresh strawberries for topping
Instructions
- In a large blender mix together the vanilla ice cream, vodka, milk, frozen strawberries, and cut up cake.
- Once completely blended, pour into two large milkshake glass or four small glasses.
- Top with a slice of angel food cake, whip cream, and fresh strawberries.
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Boozy Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake
Rachel says
Ummm, Lisa, next time we get together I might demand these…whenever I crave a milkshake it is a strawberry milkshake, and you just made it like a 1000 times better with cake and booze. #myhero
And this is why we’re friends, lol! Just kidding, there are lots of reasons we are friends, but your love of booze doesn’t hurt. :)
Mir says
Going to Vegas sounds like the perfect thing to do in times of trauma. Where else can you be mindless and just forget about stuff? Sorry you had to go under those circumstances, but it’s important to have those experiences even in the middle of sadness. Life is really funny like that. Very all over the place.
I’ve never actually had a boozy milkshake, and that’s a problem. Changing now!
You are so right as always, Mir. Thank you!
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says
Wow I would slurp the heck outta this. Love me a boozy milkshake
Thank you Elizabeth!
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
I love this shake. Thanks for sharing your story. *hugs*
Thank you Julianne!
gina says
This sounds so good, my friends and I will try it soon.
A local restaurant used to serve a boozy strawberry milkshake but with amaretto instead of vodka. Yum!