My Version of Rate Field’s Celebration Cake Shake
This is the seventh in my recipe series where I recreate or put my own twist on some Major League Baseball Stadium Desserts.
The Celebration Cake Shake comes to us from Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox.
For this recipe I started by making a single layer confetti cake frosted with Vanilla American Buttercream.
To get the cake batter flavor in the shake I mixed in some of the cake along with vanilla ice cream and heavy cream. I garnished it pretty much the way it’s done at the stadium…whipped cream, a maraschino cherry and cake cubes. I omitted the cookie just to make things a bit simpler.
The recipe makes 2 large shakes that are definitely shareable.
You will have some leftover cake, but who doesn’t love leftover cake?!
I hope you give these a try, but if you are headed to the field to watch the White Sox you can get the real deal at The Topo Chico Hard Seltzer Cantina.
STAR BAKER TIPS:
⭐️Make sure all your ingredients are very cold. Leave the ice cream in the freezer and the heavy cream in the fridge until just before you make your shake.
⭐️The cake can be baked and frosted the day before. You should store it in an airtight container.
⭐️I recommend using the long jimmie sprinkles.
⭐️I’ve supplied you with a cake recipe, but feel free to make things easy and use store bought confetti cupcakes.
My Version of Rate Field’s Celebration Cake Shake
Equipment
- 1 8' x 8" square cake pan
- 2 – 12 ounce tall glasses
Ingredients
Celebration Confetti Cake:
- 114 grams of Room Temperature, Unsalted Butter (8 Tablespoons or 1 Stick)
- 150 grams of Granulated Sugar (¾ Cup)
- 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Bean Paste of Vanilla Extract
- 1 Room Temperature Whole Large Egg
- 1 Room Temperature Large Egg Yolk
- 170 grams of Cake Flour
- ¾ Teaspoon of Baking Powder
- ¼ Teaspoon of Baking Soda
- ¼ Teaspoon of Kosher Salt
- 160 ml of Room Temperature Buttermilk ⅔ Cup
- ¼ Cup of Multicolored Jimmie Sprinkles
Vanilla Buttercream:
- 114 grams of Room Temperature, Unsalted Butter (8 Tablespoons or 1 Stick)
- 150 Grams of Powdered Sugar (1 ¼ Cups)
- ¼ Teaspoon of Kosher Salt
- ½ Teaspoon of Vanilla Bean Paste or Vanilla Extract
- 2 Tablespoons of Heavy Cream
Milk Shake:
- 3-4 Tablespoons of Multi Colored Jimmie Sprinkles
- 3 ½ Cups of Your Favorite Vanilla Ice cream
- ½ Cup of Cream or Milk
- 6 Cubes of Frosted Confetti Cake
- Whipped Cream
- 2 Maraschino Cherries
Instructions
Celebration Confetti Cake:
- Butter an 8" x 8" square cake pan and line with parchment paper so it over hangs 2 sides.
- Preheat your oven to 350℉.
- Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixture, or in a large bowl if using a hand mixer, and beat on medium speed for about 3-4 minutes. The mixture should be creamy and light in color.
- Add the vanilla, whole egg and egg yolk and beat until incorporated.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add ⅓ of the flour mixture to the bowl and mix on low speed until just incorporated incorporated.
- Next add half of the buttermilk and continue to mix on low until combined.
- Add another third of the flour mix on low until combined. Add the remaining buttermilk and the remaining flour and mix on low until just combined.
- Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a large rubber spatula to insure that all the ingredients have been combined.
- Fold in ⅓ cup of jimmie sprinkles.
- Place the batter in the prepared pan and smooth the top using an offset spatula.
- Bake for 30 minutes. The top should be golden brown and spring back when gently pressed.
- Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool in the pan.
- Once cool remove the cake from the pan and place on a cutting board or serving plate.
Vanilla Buttercream:
- Place the butter in a bowl and add some of the powdered sugar, salt and a tablespoon of heavy cream and beat on low until smooth. Gradually add the remaining sugar, the vanilla and another tablespoon of cream and beat on medium/low until the mixture is smooth and spreadable.
- Frost the top with about 3/4 of the buttercream. Cut the cake into 25 cubes in a 5 x 5 pattern.
Milk Shake:
- Spread the remaining buttercream about 1" wide around the edge of the 2 glasses.. Cover the buttercream with sprinkles.
- Place the vanilla ice cream, heavy cream and 6 cubes of frosted celebration confetti cake into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Divide the shake evenly between the 2 glasses. (You could also use 4 – 6 ounce glasses)
- Garnish with whipped cream, the maraschino cherries and additional cake cubes.
- Enjoy!!!
