Black Forest Shake. Summer Ice cream shake with layers of vanilla and chocolate shake with cherry compote. Vegan Gluten-free Recipe. Can be nut-free. Add protein powder to make into black forest smoothie.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 5 minutes
  • Total time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Breakfast, Dessert
  • Cuisine: Gluten-free, Vegan

Ingredients

Cherry Compote

  • 1 cup cherries
  • 2 tsp lime juice
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp sugar or sweetener
  • a good pinch of salt
  • a pinch of cinnamon or vanilla extract

Vanilla layer:

  • 1/2 cup (heaping) coconut milk ice cubes
  • 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream or more coconut milk cubes
  • 1 tbsp of sugar or sweetener (optional)
  • a drop of vanilla extract

Chocolate layer:

  • 1/2 cup coconut milk or almond milk ice cubes
  • 1/2 cup vegan chocolate ice cream
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp sugar or sweetener (optional)
  • 2 tbsp cherry compote from above

Method

  1. Make the compote: Cook the ingredients in a skillet over medium heat until the cherries soften and the liquid thickens slightly. Cool for few minutes.
  2. Blend the vanilla shake ingredients until smooth. Add a tbsp or so non dairy milk to help the blender if needed. Taste and adjust sweet. Scoop the mixture into 2 glasses.
  3. In the same blender, Blend the chocolate layer + 2 tbsp of the cherry compote until smooth. Add some non dairy milk if needed. Taste and adjust sweet and blend in.
  4. Spoon some of the cherry compote over the vanilla layer, reserve a few cherries for topping. Then pour or scoop the chocolate layer in the glass. Top with the remaining cherries and liquid if any. Serve immediately.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.