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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!
Made the Crumble birthday cake cookies exactly as you directed and they turned out perfect! Delish!
Hi! Is this frosting stable enough to stack the cookies?
Because the frosting has a cream cheese base, it is definitely on the softer side and likely wouldn’t stack very well.
followed the recipe to a tee . they came out perfect! will definitely make again . the frosting is soooo good
Could these be made into a cookie bar? Maybe 2 9×13 pans or just one, or a large sheet pan? I received your Cake Batter emulsion today and am super excited to use it.
Yay! I hope you love it. I haven’t tried to bake these cookies in a 9×13, but I do have a great recipe for Birthday Sugar Cookie Bars on my sister site – you can check out the recipe here: https://cookiesfordays.com/birthday-sugar-cookie-bars/. Enjoy!
Please get back to me 😭 on ur YouTube video you said yo bake them at 350f for 12-15mins but in the written 14-17mins, please lmk thank you 🙏🏼
Hi Julie, I apologize for the disconnect. I recommend starting with 12 minutes, checking for doneness and adding additional time as needed.
These cookies are so flavorful and yummy! They are addicting! Really easy recipe to follow.
Hello! Could these be made into bars as well with this recipe?
I have a great recipe for Birthday Sugar Cookie Bars on my sister site – you can check out the recipe here: https://cookiesfordays.com/birthday-sugar-cookie-bars/. Enjoy!
Made these for my nieces birthday just recently and everyone loved them. I’m making them again for birthday party. Instead of putting the sprinkles on top of the icing, I put the sprinkles in the icing and they don’t fall off ripped out perfect
Would I be able to freeze the frosting and make a stuffed cookie instead? Or would that not work due to baking or other reasons?
Hi Melina! I’ve never tried stuffing these cookies, but I think it should work. However, you might need to use a buttercream frosting rather than a cream cheese frosting! I would chop the frozen frosting into small chunks and surround with the cookie dough and bake for 13-15 minutes. Let me know how they turn out!
My niece requested Crumbl’s Confetti Milkshake Birthday Cake cookies for her birthday and this recipe was perfect! They were a hit with everyone. So good! Thank You for sharing your recipes. ❤️