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A chewy and buttery cake batter cookie topped with a luscious cake batter cream cheese icing. This Crumbl copycat cookie makes everyday feel like a celebration.
Crumbl Birthday Cake Cookie Copycat
If there are 2 things we love in my house it is Crumbl cookies and funfetti anything! I have funfettied just about everything I make, from funfetti fudge, brownies and even muddy buddies!
And these Birthday Cake Cookies, besides being my daughters favorite Crumbl cookie and super delicious, plays right into my love for all things funfetti!
A rich and buttery cake batter flavored cookie filled with sprinkles, topped with cake batter icing and even more sprinkles? AND I AM ABSOLUTELY HERE FOR IT!
Ingredients In Birthday Cake Cookies
For the Cookies
- Salted Butter- Make sure your butter is at room temperature so that it will cream smoothly with the sugar.
- Granulated Sugar- Just plain old white sugar.
- Eggs
- Cake Batter Flavoring- flavoring – I LOVE Cake batter flavor so much that I have actually made and sell my own! I use 1 1/2 tsp of it. It can be purchased on my shop website for under $10. Buy your own Cake Batter Flavor Here!
- All Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Sprinkles– This ingredient is totally optional in the cookie, but who doesn’t love more sprinkles?
For the Icing
- Softened Butter- Again you want it soft so that it can get nice and smooth.
- Cream Cheese- You will want the cream cheese softened as well to avoid a chunky frosting. Nothing is worse than chunky frosting!
- Cake Batter Flavoring
- Powdered Sugar
- Milk- You won’t need a lot of milk here, but this is just to get the icing to the right consistency.
How To Make Birthday Cake Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
While the oven is preheating make the cookie dough by creaming together the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add in the eggs and cake batter flavoring and beat until combined. The mixture should be really smooth and creamy at this point.
Scrape the sides of the bowl again and add the flour and baking powder and mix until the dough has formed. If you want to add sprinkles to the dough, now is the time.
Scoop out a generous 1/3 cup of dough and form it into a ball. Using the palms of your hands, flatten the dough a until it resembles a hockey puck. The cookie will spread some, but not a whole lot! Repeat with the remaining dough.
Place 6 cookies on the baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. You will know they are done when the centers of the cookies have puffed slightly and the top no longer looks wet and glossy. When the cookies are done, let them cool on the pan.
As the cookies are cooling, make the frosting by whipping the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
Add the powdered sugar one up at a time. Trust the process! You will think there is no way that you’ll be able to mix the powdered sugar in without adding liquid but you can!! Just keep working at it. When the powdered sugar is mixed in, add the cake batter flavoring and continue to mix.
Now add the milk one tsp at a time until your icing has reached the desired consistency.
Add the frosting to a gallon size zip top bag and cut the bottom corner of the bag. Use the bag to pipe the frosting onto the cookies in a spiral pattern. Top with sprinkles and serve warm!
Storing your Cookies
Your cookies can be stored at room temperature in an air tight container for 2-3 days (Don’t worry about that cream cheese frosting! There is enough sugar in the frosting to make the cream cheese frosting stable for a few days).
I actually prefer them chilled, though! I love the chewiness and texture of the cookie and frosting. If stored in the fridge, they will keep for 1 week. They can be frozen for 2 months- they can be frozen with or without the frosting. Both works great!
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Crumbl Birthday Cake Cookies
Ingredients
Cake Batter Cookie Base
- 1 1/2 cups (333g) salted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups (345g) granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp cake batter flavoring
- 4 1/2 cups (684g) all-purpose flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup (54g) sprinkles, optional
Cake Batter Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/4 cup (56g) salted butter, softened
- 1/2 tsp cake batter flavoring
- 4 cups (428g) powdered sugar
- milk, to thin, if needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- While the oven is preheating make the cookie dough. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.1 1/2 cups (333g) salted butter, 1 1/2 cups (345g) granulated sugar
- Scrape the sides, add in the eggs, and cake batter flavoring. Beat until mixed.3 eggs, 1 1/2 tsp cake batter flavoring
- Scrape the sides and add in the flour, & baking powder. Mix until thoroughly combined. Add sprinkles to the cookie dough, if desired.4 1/2 cups (684g) all-purpose flour, 3 tsp baking powder, 1/4 cup (54g) sprinkles
- Scoop out 1/3 cup of dough and roll into a ball. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Flatten the cookie dough by gently so it is in the shape of a hockey puck. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Arrange 6 cookies per pan. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until the centers of the cookies have puffed up and are no longer glossy.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting, by whipping the butter, cream cheese until smooth.8 oz cream cheese, 1/4 cup (56g) salted butter
- Add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing each time until it is fully incorporated.4 cups (428g) powdered sugar
- Add in the cake batter flavoring. Add milk a tsp at a time until you've reached your desired consistency, if needed.1/2 tsp cake batter flavoring, milk
- Add the frosting to a gallon sized zip top bag, cut the corner of the bag and use it to pipe the frosting onto the warm cookies in a spiral.
- Sprinkle some sprinkles on top- serve warm!
I want to make these for a work even that will be held outside. It’s getting warm where I am so I don’t want the frosting to melt. Is there a good alternative I can use that will hold up to warmer weather?
Sure thing! I would give this frosting a try, substituting the vanilla extract for cake batter extract: https://cookingwithkarli.com/sugar-cookie-frosting/
So far, this is tops on my list, they’re so delicious, it’s like cake meets a cookie! This cookie will be a staple in my home from here on out! You have to try this recipe!
Hi Karli how are ahead can I make the actuao cookie dough balls before baking? And should I store the unbaked balls in the fridge or freezer? Thanks
Hi! You can make the dough balls up to 3 months in advance if stored in the freezer!
I was looking at this recipe a few days ago! Bought the cake batter flavoring from Amazon and it arrived yesterday. I’m not super skilled with piping frosting but would love to do the spiral piping. I’ll try some practice rounds but any tips/tricks would be welcome! So cute!
If I made these 2 oz. How long would you suggest baking them?
I would start with a baking time of 9 minutes, check for doneness, and additional time as needed.
I wanted to ask do you really need to use cake batter flavoring if you don’t have it ?
If you don’t have cake batter flavoring, you can use a vanilla extract instead HOWEVER, the final cookie will NOT have the cake batter flavor.
I made these for the 4th of July and used red, white, and blue sprinkles. They were a huge hit, and I got complimented on them all night. I did make them into regular sized cookies instead of large cookies and adjusted the bake time to 10 minutes. I think I will turn these cookies Halloween’s themed by using purples, orange, and black sprinkles this fall. 😊
I love this! I will have to follow suit!
Is the nutrition values for a cookie or per serve?
They are calculated per cookie!
The cookie didn’t turn out at all like we expected. It’s very cakey while on the picture it looks a bit more crunchy on the outside. I was confused that whole eggs are used and that there’s no cooling time but thought I’d trust it because of the good reviews. I’m not sure if the cookie is meant to be so cakey but I hoped for a bit crunchier outside and chewier inside. I wouldn’t use the recipe again.
Is there a different icing that would be good? want to make these for my daughter’s baby “sprinkle”. But she does not like Cream Cheese frosting. Thanks.
Hi! You can try my standard vanilla frosting recipe here: https://cookingwithkarli.com/sugar-cookie-frosting/
You can even sub the vanilla for the cake batter flavoring, if you’d like!