Description
This Christmas Cookie Cake is the perfect dessert for your holiday parties! Everybody loves a chocolate chip cookie and this Christmas Wreath cake is delicious and festive! It’s perfect for kids and adults and screams, “Merry Christmas!!”
Ingredients
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Cookie Dough
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 large eggs (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup unsalted melted butter (1 1/2 sticks)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup Christmas sprinkles
- 12 oz white chocolate chips
- 1 3/4 cups unbleached flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp finely ground sea salt
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
Frosting Ingredients
- 4 tbsp butter, softened (I prefer salted butter, but you could use unsalted)
- 1/2 cup Crisco (vegetable shortening)
- 2 pounds powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup of milk (2 tablespoons of heavy cream + 2 tablespoons of water)
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla Extract
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- Green and Red Gel Food Coloring
Decorations for the Cookie Cake
- Red and green frosting
- Red sour candy tape
- White pearl sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
Cookie Dough
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a springform pan. Line with parchment paper for extra insurance that the cake won’t stick.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the eggs, melted butter, vanilla extract, and brown sugar.
- Add the remaining dry ingredients (flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda). Mix until a dough forms.
- Fold sprinkles and chocolate chips into the cookie batter.
- Transfer the dough to the prepared springform pan, spreading it evenly with a rubber spatula. Press the remaining chips into the top of the cake to make I look really fancy and pretty.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Let it cool completely.on a wire rack.
While the cake is baking, make the cookie frosting! Or use tubes of premade… you do you!
Copycat Great American Cookie Frosting
- In a separate bowl, cream the softened butter and shortening together until smooth and creamy
- When the frosting is completely smooth, add in the milk, powdered sugar, pinch of salt, and vanilla extract. Mix until completely combined.
- Add the hot water and mix until smooth.
- Divide and color 1 1/2 cups of the frosting green and 1/2 cup red. Use a few drops of coloring at a time until you reach the desired color. Don’t forget that buttercream color takes time to fully develop
Decorating the Cake
- Once the cookie cake has cooled, use a star tip to pipe green frosting around the edge, creating a wreath shape.
- Pipe small red circles on the green frosting to resemble holly berries.
- Tie a bow using red sour candy tape and place it at the base of the wreath.
- Finish by sprinkling white sugar pearls over the top.
Notes
Pro Tips
- No Springform Pan? You can use a 10-inch pizza pan (or round 10-inch cookie sheet), a 10-inch round cake pan, or even an 8×10 baking sheet – but it’ll be a rectangular wreath 😉 You can pretty much make this giant cookie in any baking pan you have that’s close to the same size as the pan I used and you’ll still end up with a very festive cake!
- No Sticking! For easy removal, line whichever pan you choose with parchment paper as extra insurance against your cookie cake sticking and not popping out of the pan easily.
- Make it look like it came from a bakery! A trick that bakeries use to make their cookies look so mouth-watering is to place chocolate chips (or M&M’s or whatever) on top of the cake (before baking). So if you want to do this, mix a cup of chocolate chips into the cookie batter, then press the remaining chips into the top of the cookie dough to make I look really fancy and pretty!
- No Springform Pan? You can use a 10-inch pizza pan (or round 10-inch cookie sheet), a 10-inch round cake pan, or even an 8×10 baking sheet – but it’ll be a rectangular wreath 😉 You can pretty much make this giant cookie in any baking pan you have that’s close to the same size as the pan I used and you’ll still end up with a very festive cake!
- No Sticking! For easy removal, line whichever pan you choose with parchment paper as extra insurance against your cookie cake sticking and not popping out of the pan easily.
- Make it look like it came from a bakery! A trick that bakeries use to make their cookies look so mouth-watering is to place chocolate chips (or M&M’s or whatever) on top of the cake (before baking). So if you want to do this, mix a cup of chocolate chips into the cookie batter, then press the remaining chips into the top of the cookie dough to make I look really fancy and pretty!
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 25
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
