Cake Shake from Squareburger in Philadelphia
I went to SquareBurger in Philadelphia's Franklin Square for burgers, but ended up liking their Cake Shake ($4.75) more than the burger. The milkshake is made of vanilla ice cream blended with TastyKake Butterscotch Krimpets, sponge cakes covered with butterscotch icing. Never having ingested a blended dairy-and-pastry beverage before, my initial thoughts were, "That might be great, or totally gross." I figured it wouldn't be on the menu if it were gross.
My taste buds deemed it "opposite of gross," as long as I didn't think too hard that I was feeding cake bits suspended in semi-liquified ice cream straight down my throat. Although I wouldn't say the shake required the provided fat bubble tea straw—there weren't tapioca ball-sized cake chunks in it—the straw's wide circumference made it much easier to down the thick drink. You could discern the cake bits from the ice cream, but you didn't have to chew them, sort of like fruit bits in a smoothie. Mm, cake smoothie.
Now that I have been exposed to the liquefied dairy-and-pastry combo, I want more.
SquareBurger
200 N 6th St, Philadelphia PA 19106 (map)
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16 Comments:
I very much agree about the cakeshake. One of the best shakes I've ever had.
Lizy Yagoda at 9:41PM on 08/28/09
I just can't believe I've never been to this place. I must go. Soon!
gingercookiewithlime at 9:56PM on 08/28/09
I had forgotten about TastyKakes. "All the good things wrapped up in one." No doubt!
Lorenzo at 10:20PM on 08/28/09
This sounds ridiculously good. :) There's a place in Waco, Texas that does something similar to this, but with PIE. Like, whole pieces of pie. I've always been too afraid for my arteries to try one. ;)
missmanders at 12:09AM on 08/29/09
I'm so pleased to see another place keep this culinary feat alive! The Sheridan's Frozen Custard stands in Dallas closed, and they had a concoction called Wedding Cake Custard. They blended their ultra creamy vanilla custard with white cake. I was skeptical, too, and then surprised at how amazing it was (and a little sad I had been missing out for so long). There are some locations scattered about the U.S (http://www.sheridansfrozencustard.com/locations.asp), so go if you can. Maybe it'll spark a national trend and it'll return to Dallas.
Xie LiYi at 12:53AM on 08/29/09
OMG KRIMPET!!! That is wild.
JerzeeTomato at 1:43AM on 08/29/09
I shouldn't read this article. 10:57 pm and I want a cakeshake and I'm not in PA. Dooh.
eviliciouz at 1:57AM on 08/29/09
For Chicago land readers, Portillo's has an AMAZING new "Chocolate Cake Shake"... They take their standard chocolate milkshake, one slice of their delicious Famous Chocolate Cake, and then blend the two together. It's truly a miracle that this stuff flows within a straw, but the taste is worth it.
ChicagoDrew at 3:08AM on 08/29/09
I used to work at a donut shop that also made iced cappuccinos, and we'd blend the donut holes with the cappuccino mix for almost the same effect. Pretty good, but this version seems significantly less synthetic and thus better.
katrina at 3:12AM on 08/29/09
that is sooo evil...death by calories! i want one! hahaha...
ryushin at 4:47AM on 08/29/09
This will be in my guts the moment I am back to visit the old stomping grounds. Maybe I can try to make a shake with the Krimpets my mum sent me. Neeeeed.
monicalong at 12:51PM on 08/29/09
@ChicagoDrew -- it is not new. However, it is highly recommended. So chocolatey and tasty.
anysuchname at 8:59PM on 08/29/09
That looks gigantic. Probably my husband and I will have to split one when we go try it out :)
avaryne at 10:27AM on 08/31/09
I'm having a Wall-E moment here...
susanova at 10:56AM on 08/31/09
Oh my god. I was in Philly -- IN Franklin Square -- two days ago and did not know this Cake Shake existed. I am so sad.
CandyBean at 4:19PM on 09/04/09
Yum. I just moved to Philly this week and am excited to hunt down one of these.
And FYI- Flip Burger in Atlanta has a Krispy Kreme milkshake. It, too, is a delicious pastry-infused confection, served boiling with liquid nitrogen. I'd recommend that to anyone.
unpocojmoney at 7:14PM on 09/06/09