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Sugar Cookie Cake with Vanilla Layers and Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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This festive Sugar Cookie Cake combines the best of sugar cookies and vanilla cake layered with luscious cream cheese frosting and decorated with colorful Christmas sprinkles, perfect for holiday celebrations or special occasions.

Ingredients

Sugar Cookie Dough

  • 2 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/4 cups White granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup Milk
  • 2/3 cup Christmas sprinkles, jimmies

Vanilla Cake

  • 3 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3 TBSP Oil, canola or vegetable
  • 1 1/2 cups White granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract
  • 4 Large eggs, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup Sour cream, room temperature
  • 1 cup Buttermilk

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 2 cups Unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 6 oz Cream cheese, room temperature
  • 5 cups Powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Prepare Sugar Cookie Dough: Preheat oven to 300℉. Spread the flour on a cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes, then let it cool completely. Add salt to the flour mixture. Using a mixer, beat butter and sugar on high speed for 2 minutes until pale and fluffy. Add vanilla and milk, mixing on medium speed until combined. Add dry ingredients and sprinkles, mixing on low speed just until combined. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and scoop dough into 15 small discs, flattening by hand. Freeze these while you prepare the cake batter. Reserve two 1/2 cups of dough for the filling and roll the remaining dough into small balls for decoration; freeze until ready to use.
  2. Prepare Vanilla Cake: Preheat oven to 350℉. Spray three 8-inch cake pans with nonstick spray and line bottoms with parchment paper circles. In a medium bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a mixer, beat butter, oil, and sugar on high for 2 minutes until pale and fluffy. Add vanilla, eggs, and sour cream; mix on medium speed until combined. Add dry ingredients and buttermilk; mix on low speed until just combined, then fold with a spatula. Divide batter evenly among the three pans and place 5 frozen cookie dough discs in each. Bake for 32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cakes sit 10 minutes in pans before transferring to a rack to cool completely.
  3. Make Cream Cheese Frosting: Sift powdered sugar into a large bowl. In a separate bowl, beat butter on high speed for 2 minutes, scrape the bowl, then add cream cheese and beat on high for 1 minute, scraping halfway. Add half the powdered sugar and mix on low, then add the rest and continue mixing. Add vanilla and salt; mix on low until combined, then on high until creamy.
  4. Assemble the Cake: Level the tops of the cakes by cutting off domes. Place the first cake layer on a serving plate, spread 3/4 cup frosting, pipe a border around the edge, then spread the reserved 1/2 cup cookie dough discs on top. Repeat with the second layer. Place the last layer upside down on top. Apply a thin crumb coat of frosting over the entire cake and freeze for 15 minutes. Finish with a final thick layer of frosting. Decorate the top with cookie dough balls and extra sprinkles.

Notes

  • Make sure all room temperature ingredients are properly softened to ensure smooth batter and frosting.
  • Freezing cookie dough discs helps them maintain shape and texture during cake baking.
  • You can substitute canola oil with vegetable oil or another neutral oil.
  • To prevent sticking, always grease pans and line with parchment paper.
  • Store the cake refrigerated and allow to come to room temperature before serving.

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