Birthday Cake Cookies
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Celebrate ANY day with these amazing birthday cake cookies! They have the decadent texture of a blondie combined with fluffy buttercream icing that’s destined to melt in your mouth.
Today’s birthday cake cookies are the result of a conversation with Katy. It isn’t anyone’s birthday but they remind me of when Brady was a toddler. He loved my birthday cakes and so he brought me his teddy bear one day and told me that it was Teddy’s birthday. Being the mother that I am, I acted surprised and horrified that I’d forgotten such an important occasion and got to work mixing up cake batter and buttercream icing. Little Brady was so impressed with the results that a few days later, wouldn’t you know he found another stuffed animal who was celebrating its entry into this world. We celebrated a lot of birthdays back then :).
So last week I asked Katy “If you could invent any cookie, what would it be?”. Without missing a beat she said “birthday cake cookies.”
Hmm. I was intrigued by that and started running ideas by her. I chose the flavoring so that the cookie mimics the taste of a homemade birthday cake and the texture of these cookies is really most closely akin to a blondie, for extra deliciousness. Top it off with a generous layer of fluffy buttercream icing and a sprinkling of rainbow candies and we have a treat fit for the most special of days!
Recipe Ingredients
- Sugar
- Self-rising flour
- Brown sugar (light or dark brown sugar is fine)
- Butter (I use unsalted but if you only have , use that)
- Eggs
- Sprinkles
- Vanilla extract
- Butter flavoring
- Almond extract
How to Make Birthday Cake Cookies
First, place the butter in a bowl and melt it in a microwave. You can also melt it on the stovetop.
If you want, you can even build a fire in the backyard and melt it over that if you have a hankering. Or, if you live in the south right now, just put it out on the back porch for a few minutes and that should do the job.
The point is, you need to melt your butter.
Add in sugars and stir well by hand.
In a separate mixing bowl, beat the mess out of your eggs. This is when you get out all those frustrations.
Add flour, eggs, and flavorings to the sugar mixture.
Stir that up really well by hand.
If you want to make sprinkle cookies, toss in a handful of those and stir in well.
Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray and add the cookie dough.
Bake your birthday cake cookies at 350 for about 30 minutes.
When they’re done, the will still be soft in the center but golden brown all over.
Top with buttercream frosting
In a large bowl, cream the butter and about 1 cup of confectioner’s sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the butter flavoring, half of the milk, and remaining sugar and beat again until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides and adding a little extra milk if needed.
Ice the cooled cookie bars.
Top with sprinkles, if desired. Allow icing to set by leaving uncovered for about half an hour.
How good do these birthday cake cookies look? I hope you enjoy them as much as my family does!
Storage
Store leftover funfetti cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months, but the icing won’t be as creamy once thawed.
Recipe Notes
- To make your own self-rising flour, simply add 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt for EACH cup of all-purpose flour. Stir well.
- Add a cup of white chocolate chips when you add the rainbow jimmies to your birthday cake cookie dough.
- Use this birthday cake cookie recipe and adapt it for any occasion, like adding red and green sprinkles for the holidays or red and pink sprinkles for Valentine’s Day.
- For an extra indulgence, serve your with a scoop of .
Celebrate a special day with these other delicious treats:
Easy Birthday Cake Recipe From Scratch
Valentine’s Day Brownies With Frosting
Italian Cream Cake with Pecan Cream Cheese Icing
Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookie Recipe With Royal Icing
Super Easy King Cake Recipe (WOW GOOD!)
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter or 1 cup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar light or dark
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 tablespoons rainbow sprinkles
Buttercream Frosting (half this if you want less icing)
- 2 sticks butter at room temperature
- 4 teaspoons butter flavoring can use clear vanilla instead
- 5-6 cups confectioner's sugar
- 4-8 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- First, melt the butter. In a large bowl, stir together the melted butter, white sugar, and brown sugar by hand until well blended. In a separate bowl or measuring cup, beat eggs well.2 sticks butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs
- Make sure the cookie dough isn't too hot. If it is, allow it to cool for a few minutes before the next step so you don't cook the eggs.
- Add the eggs, flour, and flavorings to the bowl. Stir well to combine. Stir in rainbow sprinkles, if using.2 cups self-rising flour, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon butter flavoring, 1 teaspoon almond extract, 4 tablespoons rainbow sprinkles
- Grease a 9x13 baking dish and pour in the cake batter. Bake cookies at 350 for 30 minutes, or until golden brown and set in the center. Center will still be soft. Allow to cool completely before icing.
To make the icing
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and about 1 cup of confectioner's sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the butter flavoring, half of the milk, and remaining sugar and beat again until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides and adding a little extra milk if needed.2 sticks butter, 4 teaspoons butter flavoring, 5-6 cups confectioner's sugar, 4-8 tablespoons milk
- Ice the cooled cookie bars and top with sprinkles, if desired. Allow icing to set by leaving uncovered for about half an hour. Enjoy!
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Every day of your life is a day worth celebrating 🙂
I always look forward to the southernplate email coming to my inbox and today was another one of your spot on posts. Thank you so much and keep up the great work!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who seems to lack the good housekeeping gene. I fight the good fight, but I just don’t have the knack for housekeeping that I do for other things. I can clean for a week and my house won’t look as good as my one friend’s when you drop by unexpected. I always joke that my house will only be in Better Homes & Gardens if they have a “can this house be saved” feature! Yet I continue to work on it, and guests seem comfortable when they’re in my home. And the funny thing is, for all I knock my housekeeping, if things really get out of sorts, I’m out of sorts as well and have to get it cleaned up right away.
You’re right, Christy. Katy nailed it again (kind of reminds me of her Mama).
This post made my day! From one housekeeping challenged Mama to another, thanks so much for sharing!
Well that’s weird – it cut odd half my comment.
You’re singing the song of my people Christy! You know, I kept a pretty tidy house up until about 8 years ago. Somehow this coincides with the birth of my younger son.
Smiling and got tears in my eyes! Sweet Girl.