Incredible Sugar Cookie Cake Recipe

An easy, thick and chewy Sugar Cookie Cake. This Sugar Cookie Cake recipe makes the best birthday cake, Valentine’s cake, party treat and more! 

Happy Monday! It was a sweet week in our house last week, which means it’s Sweet Week here on the blog this week! Are you excited? I thought so. I have five new easy dessert recipes for you, just in time for Valentine’s Day, but let’s face it, any day is a great day for dessert! I’m kicking it off with my sugar cookie cake, which is a beautiful way to celebrate birthdays, Valentine’s Day and any day that ends in “y”.

The Easiest Valentine’s Day Cakes

Chris describes this Sugar Cookie Cake as cookie crack. It takes less than 10 minutes to make and bakes beautifully in tart pans, but you can also use 2 pie dishes, a 1/4 cookie sheet or a pizza pan. This sugar cookie cake is incredible on it’s own, but you know kids {and really big kids} love M&M’s, too. Either way you slice it, I know it will be one of your favorites, too.

It’s absolutely simple enough that a beginner baker can tackle it with amazing results. Don’t be afraid to give this a try- it’s very little effort for an adorable reward!

You can also decorate the cake with buttercream frosting if you wish, or slather my favorite buttercream icing for sugar cookies to coat the top.

This Valentine’s Cake Will Melt in Your Mouth

Cookie Cakes are quicker and easier to make than cookies because there’s no scooping the dough onto cookie sheets baking one after the other. That’s one of the reasons I love baking cookie cakes in cake pans instead of always making traditional cookies- the faster I can put it together, the easier it is to enjoy.

The best part is that each bite tastes like the center of a sugar cookie!

Tips to Make the Best Sugar Cookie Cake

• Adjust baking time based on what type of dish you use. You can use a pizza pan, cake pan, pie dish, tart pan or springform pan. The thicker your cake is, the longer it will need to bake.
• I baked a slightly smaller, thick sugar cookie cake, which required 20 minutes – baked to perfection. If there’s anything I can recommend in life it’s that you should never over-bake your cookies.
• If you’re newer to baking, you can certainly mix this recipe by hand. However, I love using my stand mixer fitted with a flat edge beater.
• Decorate however you’d like! Get creative! We love to frost our cookie cakes, but any type of candy toppings look cute as well. You can also simply top with a little homemade whipped cream and a sprinkling of confectioners sugar.

I slightly under-bake just about everything for that melt-in-your-mouth texture we’ve all come to love about sugar cookie cake!

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How to Make Sugar Cookie Cake

To see how easy this Sugar Cookie Cake Recipe is, watch the video in the recipe card or keep reading with step-by-step photos below.

Grease your pan and preheat oven.

• Combine butter, oil, sugars and vanilla until smooth. Blend in eggs.
• Combine dry ingredients and incorporate into wet.
• Press into your prepared pans.

Using parchment paper, press to smooth the top of your cake for the prettiest result. You can also use your offset spatula to help smooth the batter into your chosen pan.

Optional: press M and M’s on top – it makes for a very pretty heart cake! Is it just me, or is every dessert cuter when it’s heart shaped?

More Cookie Cake Recipes You’ll Love

• Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
• M&M Cake
• Funfetti Cake
• Frosted Sugar Cookie Cake

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Sugar Cookie Cake

An easy, thick and chewy Sugar Cookie Cake. This Sugar Cookie Cake recipe makes the best birthday cake, cake for Valentine's Day, parties and more! 

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword birthday, cakes, cookie cake, valentines day

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 16

Calories 406 kcal

Author Julie Blanner

Ingredients

• 1 c butter softened
• 3/4 c vegetable oil
• 1 c sugar
• 1 c powdered sugar {confectioner's sugar}
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 4 1/2 c flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• optional: M&M's or icing

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine butter, oil, sugars and vanilla until smooth. Blend in eggs.

3. Add flour, salt, cream of tarter and baking soda until blended in.

4. Press dough into a greased dish.
5. Bake 20 minutes watching carefully as to not over bake.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Don't over bake. Reduce baking time for thin cakes, increase for thick cakes.

Nutrition Facts

Sugar Cookie Cake

Amount Per Serving

Calories 406 Calories from Fat 198

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 22g 34%

Saturated Fat 15g 75%

Cholesterol 50mg 17%

Sodium 261mg 11%

Potassium 79mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates 47g 16%

Sugars 20g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 7.7%

Calcium 1.2%

Iron 9.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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