Vanilla Lush Cake
Vanilla Lush Cake is a simple, layered Cool Whip dessert with a thick & chewy sugar cookie crust. The sugar cookie crust is topped with a cream cheese layer and a vanilla Cool Whip layer. This dessert is perfect for potlucks and get togethers!
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Crust
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
Cream Cheese Layer
- 1 block cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 8 oz Cool Whip
Vanilla Cool Whip Layer
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 4 tbsp vanilla
- 1 8 oz cool whip
Instructions
- Prepare a 9x13 pan by spraying with non-stick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350°.
- To create the sugar cookie crust, combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Cream for 3 minutes.
- Scrape sides and add in eggs and vanilla. Mix throughly.
- Add flour to the bowl and mix until combined. It will be a very wet dough, or a stiff batter. Kind of in between.
- Spread the batter onto the bottom of the greased 9x13 pan.
- Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until the top is puffy and no longer has the 'dough' look.
- Cool COMPLETELY.
- For the cream cheese layer, whip together the cream cheese and powdered sugar.
- Once whipped, gently fold it into the Cool Whip. Spread over the cooled sugar cookie crust.
- For the Vanilla Cool Whip layer, combine the butter, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla together in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Whip for 3-5 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
- Fold the buttercream together with the Cool Whip. Spread over the cream cheese layer.
- For best results, refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.