Easy 3-Ingredient Homemade Birthday Cookie Cake Recipe

With just 3 ingredients this recipe for Birthday Cookie Cake has to be hands down the easiest cookie cake you’ll ever make. Using refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough as a base makes this recipe absolutely foolproof, absolutely yummy, and loaded with fun.

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Perfect for a cookie cake in a flash, this birthday cookie cake can be ready in just a few minutes with a quick trip to the grocery store. School bake sale? Kid’s birthday? Unexpected guests? Busy mom? Yes, this recipe will definitely come in handy.

Keep a log of refrigerated dough in the fridge for those just-in-case moments. Perfect for last minutes cookie occasions or when time is of the essence. You can even keep a baked cookie cake in the freezer and pull it out whenever you need it.

Easy to make ahead this birthday cookie cake will keep for 3-4 days covered with plastic wrap in the fridge. You can also cut the cake into triangles and store them in an airtight container or put them in the freezer for up to 3 months. They will keep well-frosted or unfrosted. Allow the cookie dough to thaw to room temperature before frosting if you end up freezing them unfrosted.

This cookie cake also makes a perfect rainy-day project for the kids. These cakes are like a blank slate. The kids can get creative and decorate them however they want. You can even stack two cookie cakes and make a sandwich or layered cookie cake out of them. Lots of ways to get creative with this cookie cake recipe.

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Why You’ll Love This Birthday Cookie Cake

• Fun and festive way to eat a cookie
• Super easy to prepare
• Easily customizable
• Perfect to make ahead
• Only 3 ingredients
• Great kids decorating project

This cookie cake reminds me of Great American Cookies. You know, those amazing cookie cakes in the mall. I drool every time we walk past and sometimes snap pics of them for good ideas on decorating!

Equipment

• Disposable cake pan
• Sharp knife

Ingredients for Cookie Cake

• 1 36 oz tub chocolate chip cookie dough
• White Cookie icing
• Your choice of sprinkles

How To Make a Birthday Cookie Cake

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Let cookie dough sit out for 10 minutes and then divide it in half.
• Press each half of the cookie dough into a 9-inch disposable cake pan.

• Bake for 35-40 min or until golden brown across the top.

• Once the cookie dough is cooled use a sharp knife to cut it like a pie into 8 triangular pieces.

• If you prefer you can decorate it whole, but individual slices are nice for serving. Line them up in an assembly line on a piece of parchment paper to decorate and have some fun!

• Using your cookie icing make small swirls along the top rounded ridge of each triangle on your birthday party hat.

• Sprinkle with your choice of sprinkles.

• Make a dollop of icing at the bottom point of each triangle on your birthday party hats, and dip in sprinkles to cover all of the icing.

How adorable are these? Let me know in the comments below if you will try this crazy easy idea!

Variations

• Throw some M&Ms into the cookie dough.
• Change up the cookie dough and use a different flavor; sugar cookie, peanut butter or Reese’s cookie dough will all work well.
• Use a different color and/or flavor icing. Anything goes with the icing really!
• Top with your favorite sprinkles, cake toppings, and cookie add-ins.
• Mix mini marshmallows into the cookie dough.
• Make your own chocolate chip cookie recipe and use it in place of the store-bought cookie dough.
• Buy heart-shaped pans and make heart-shaped cookie cakes.
• Cover the whole cookie in frosting and then decorate.
• Write a special message on each piece or on the whole cake.

Tips and Tricks

• Spray the disposable cake pans with non-stick cooking spray or coat with butter so the cookie slices come out easily.
• Let the cookie cake cool completely before removing it from the pan. Run a sharp knife around the edges and loosen it gently to remove it.

FAQs

What can I use in place of the disposable cake pan?

I find an 8″ glass pie plate works well. You can also use the round aluminum containers that your take-out food comes in. If you don’t have any of these on hand you can build your own using aluminum foil.

Does this birthday cookie cake need to be refrigerated?

No, once you bake up the cookie dough it does not need to go in the fridge. Unless your kitchen is super humid and you live in a very warm climate, storing the cookie cake on the kitchen counter is fine.

Can I make this cookie cake gluten free?

If you can find gluten free refrigerated cookie dough then this cookie cake will be gluten free. If you can’t find ready make gluten free dough you can always make your own. I have seen frozen gluten free cookie dough in several stores so check the freezer section of your grocery store.

Is there an easy way to decorate the cookie cakes?

If decorating isn’t your thing you can always pick up some letters or numbers at the dollar store or try to find edible letters or numbers at your local bulk food store.