Birthday Cake Smoothie

An almost healthy birthday cake smoothie that lets you start your birthday right when you wake up. With this easy smoothie recipe, every day can be your birthday!

I am in a serious birthday-celebrating mood right now. You see, my daughter is turning four years old tomorrow. Four years old!!!! I can’t believe how big she is getting. I am not prepared for this at all. And soon she will be in school and having homework and the next thing I know she’ll she a teenager I’m trying to not get ahead of myself and just enjoy these days while she is young and have fun with these single-digit birthdays while I can.

Her birthday falls the day before Easter, so I’ve been trying to make sure they don’t get lumped together by making sure we don’t do anything Easter-related until Easter. Food-wise, I’m making her a birthday cake (vanilla with strawberries per her request – recipe to come next week after I’ve made the cake). I’ve also been planning a whole day of birthday celebrating, starting off with a healthy, but delicious birthday cake smoothie to start off the day.

I was inspired to make this birthday cake smoothie after we tried the birthday cake frappucino from Starbucks. I loved the taste, but drinking it, I could tell it was about a thousand calories. I wanted something that tasted just as delicious, but also suitable for a breakfast. This smoothie tastes incredible. I made about 6 of these smoothies already and I’m convinced this is the only thing I need to be drinking for a very long time.

The secret to this smoothie is the pinch of salt, believe it or not. You see, I worked on this smoothie for a while, and the flavors of the butter extract just weren’t shining through enough and I kept adding more and more to the mix. Then I remembered that salt helps being out flavors and although it’s not normally added to smoothies. I thought I’d give it a try. Well, once I did, the flavors all became more pronounced, including the butter, giving me a full on cake-effect in drink form. Holla!

So, help me wish my not as little, but still super precious kinda little girl a happy birthday and make this birthday cake smoothie asap!

Birthday Cake Smoothie Recipe

P.S. If you are looking for a more indulgent way to celebrate your [un]birthday, check out my cake batter milkshake!

Birthday Cake Smoothie

Yield: 2 cups

Prep Time: 4 minutes

Total Time: 4 minutes

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Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 1 large banana, sliced and frozen
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoon almond butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon butter extract
• pinch of salt
• sprinkles (optional)

Instructions

1. Add all of the ingredients into a blender in the order they are listed, except for the sprinkles.
2. Blend on low to break up the frozen banana. Slowly bring up the speed to medium, you should see a swirl going down toward the middle of the mixture (aka a vortex). Blend for at least a minute longer before bringing the blender to high and blending for another 25 - 30 seconds.
3. Pour into glasses and garnish with sprinkles if desired.

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