Birthday Cake Cookies with Frosting
Birthday Cake Cookies with Frosting are the perfect sweet treat. The soft and chewy cookie pairs perfectly with the creamy vanilla buttercream frosting on top. And who doesn’t love sprinkles?!
Looking for a fun treat to celebrate a special occasion or just to celebrate life?
These Birthday Cake Cookies with a Vanilla Buttercream Frosting are PERFECT!
They are easy to make, delicious and tons of fun. The center of the cookie is perfectly soft and chewy while the edges have the perfect amount of crunch.
Plus, who doesn’t love sprinkles?!
They add tons of fun to what would be a classic (but incredibly tasty) sugar cookie.
Main Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour or Gluten Free All Purpose Flour – See the FAQ Section for instructions on how to swap certain flours.
- Baking Soda – acts as a leavening agent, helping them rise and spread out during baking.
- Cornstarch – Help give these cookies extra height and fluffiness to the texture.
- Granulated Sugar – I typically use the Domino brand but any type of granulated sugar will work.
- Dark Brown Sugar – Make sure that when you’re measuring the brown sugar that you press firmly and pack it in the measuring cup.
- Egg – Try to let the egg sit at room temperature before adding it into the batter.
- Salted Butter – You can use unsalted butter, however, make sure to add a pinch of salt to the batter.
- Sprinkles – The perfect sprinkle to fold into the batter and add on top. However, most types of sprinkles should work in this recipe.
How to Get Perfectly Circular Cookies
Have you ever seen cookies that come out perfectly circular and wonder how they got to be so perfect?!
I know that I have!
And let me share with you have you can make perfectly circular cookies too.
Grab a mixing bowl, mason jar lid or circle cookie cutter that is larger than your cookies. Place the object over the cookies and move in a fast, circular motion.
This smoothes out the edges of the cookie to make the perfect cookie shape!
Continue until you have the desired result and repeat for each cookie.
Step by Step Instructions to Make Frosted Birthday Cake Cookies
The full-detailed instructions are written out in the recipe card below. Use these images to help guide you as needed when following the directions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! You can substitute the all purpose flour for the gluten free all purpose flour at a 1:1 ratio.
Of course not! You can omit the frosting on top if desired.
The edges will be slightly golden and the center is still very soft. As they cool on the baking sheet, they will continue to bake.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 2-3 days.
You can freeze the dough or the cookies after they’re baked! If you freeze the dough, remove from the freezer and let sit on the counter for 10-15 minutes before baking.
However, if you freeze the cookies, thaw them at room temperature or in the microwave at 10-15 second increments.
Frosted Birthday Cake Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened to room temp
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp half & half, or heavy cream
- 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/3 cup sprinkles, plus extra for topping on frosted cookies
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened to room temp
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and half & half using an electric hand mixer
- Blend until smooth and fully incorporated
- Mix in the flour a 1/2 cup at a time using the electric hand mixer. With the last 1/2 cup also add in the baking powder and baking soda
- Fold in the sprinkles
- Use a 1.5-2 tbsp cookie scoop to portion out the dough
- Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper spacing the cookie dough 1-2 inches apart
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until the edges are slightly golden with the center soft
- Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet
- Transfer to a cooling rack and make the vanilla buttercream frosting
- To make the frosting, add the softened butter and vanilla extract to a bowl
- Add in 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar at a time, using a hand mixer to combine
- Mix until combined, smooth and creamy without any clumps
- Transfer the frosting to a piping bag and frost the cookies once they are completely cooled
- Add some extra sprinkles on top
- Enjoy!
These are fantastic cookies to make with the kiddos! Love the addition of brown sugar in cookies. Give an almost caramel flavor! Yum.
They look so good! I love the buttercream frosting 😍
These are adorable. I love a funfetti moment. My brother’s birthday is right around the corner so it’s perfect timing!
These cookies look so good I cannot wait to make them!!!!
I am not much of a baker, but this recipe looks easy for me to tackle. Thank you for inspiring me to make it!