Cookie Cake Recipe Ideas

Try this Cookie Cake recipe. It's a great alternative to the traditional birthday cake.

Just bake up the cookie dough crust, spread on the sweet filling, and sprinkle on toppings. It’s that easy!

This Cookie Cake recipe even gives you four different flavor options to try over the finished chocolate chip cookie (see table below).

If you'd like to frost and decorate a cookie cake according to your kids party theme, see the basic Sugar Cookie Cake recipe shown below.

COOKIE CAKE

You will need:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Press cookie dough into the pizza pan and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan.

2. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/3 cup sugar and flavoring on high speed until well blended. Gently stir in whipped topping.

3. Spread cream cheese mixture over the crust and top with fruit and 1/4 cup topping. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

FLAVORING OPTIONS	FRUIT CHOICES	TOPPINGS
1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa	2 cups sliced strawberries	semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp. ground cinnamon	2 apples, very thinly sliced	caramel dessert topping
1 tsp. vanilla	2 bananas, sliced	chocolate dessert topping
1 tsp. grated orange peel	1 can (20 oz.) pineapple tidbits, drained plus 1/4 cup maraschino cherries	shredded coconut

~ Cookie Cake Recipe ~

The following basic recipe can be used if you wish to decorate with colored frosting over the finished cookie cake.

SUGAR COOKIE CAKE
1 package sugar cookie dough
½ cup mini chocolate coated candy pieces
Vanilla frosting

Roll out cookie dough and press into greased 12 inch pizza pan or onto round pizza stone. Sprinkle candy pieces evenly over cookie dough and press down gently. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool and remove from pan.
Spread on vanilla frosting and write party message on cake in colored frosting, if desired. Sprinkle candies over for color.

If you'd like to add birthday candles, secure them in candle holders that you have pushed into the cookie or pipe a frosting flower and place candle in center.

Cut into wedges with pizza cutter and serve. Serves 16.