These Copycat Crumbl Birthday Cake Cookies have all of the qualities of a luscious layered birthday cake compacted into a delicious hand-held cookie form. Big, thick cookies are loaded with vanilla and fun colorful sprinkles and are then topped with a lusciously smooth frosting (and you guessed it, more sprinkles) for a taste that’ll make every day feel like a holiday!
There are a million and one versions of copycat recipes. This is especially true of the popular Crumbl brand of cookies, which is known for its rich and thick texture but crispy edges, and topped with a blanket of creamy sweet frosting. The flavor combinations are endless, as shown by their rotating menus, but none seem to be as desired as the birthday cake version. A cheery vanilla cookie filled with and topped with rainbow sprinkles and an addiction mildly cream cheese-y frosting.
These cookies are hefty in weight and size, requiring more ingredients overall. After whisking the dry ingredients together, go ahead and beat your butter until smooth, and then add sugar until light and fluffy. After the eggs and vanilla, gradually add the dry ingredients until there are no streaks of dry ingredients visible.
Use a rubber spatula to fold in the rainbow sprinkles.
A 1/3-dry measuring cup is the best tool to portion out the dough. Use your hands to shape the portions of dough into hockey-puck-like shapes.
Give the cookies enough space on the baking tray before transferring to the oven to bake for 12 minutes, or until the sides are slightly golden.
While the cookies are cooling, prepare the frosting. A mixture of butter, cream cheese, vanilla, powdered sugar, and heavy cream gets mixed together until smooth and velvety in texture.
To get the signature Crumbl cookie appearance, fill a round-tip fitted pastry bag (or plastic zip-top bag) with the frosting. If you don’t have a round tip, you can easily just cut the corner of the bag and pipe the frosting like that. After piping the frosting on, load on the rainbow sprinkles, and you’re ready to enjoy!
There are so many textures going on in one single cookie. They’re slightly thin and crispy on the edges but thick, soft, and chewy in the center.
The frosting is sweet, but not overly sweet. Here, the addition of cream cheese and a splash of vanilla cut through the sweetness from the powdered sugar, while the heavy cream smooths out any potential grittiness.
These Crumbl Birthday Cake Cookies are the best way to have a taste of celebration any time of the week they’re simple to prepare, require no chill time, and stay fresh for several days.
Yield(s): Makes about 12 large cookies
30 m prep time
15 m cook time
15 m inactive
For the cookies:
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles
For the frosting:
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
1 2 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream (if needed)
1/2 cup rainbow sprinkle (for garnish)
