Heart Shaped Cookie Cake

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This Heart Shaped Cookie Cake is perfect for Valentine’s Day or when you want a special dessert. A giant soft cookie loaded with chocolate and topped with a buttercream frosting.

Valentine Heart Shaped Cookie Cake

Valentines Cookie Cake

Cookie cakes are something that the kids go crazy for. It is a buttery soft chocolate chip based cookie recipe that has chocolate chips, chocolate chunks and M&Ms. Then topped with some delicious buttercream frosting for decoration. This heart shaped cookie cake is always a huge hit for Valentine’s Day and can be a fun way to show love to your kids and family.

You will also love these heart shaped desserts: heart jam cookies, chocolate heart peanut butter cookies, Valentine crinkle cookies and chocolate chip cookie dough hearts.

Ingredients You Will Need:

  • Wet ingredients – unsalted butter, egg and vanilla extract.
  • Dry ingredients – all-purpose flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt.
  • Sugars – light brown sugar and granulated sugar.
  • Chocolate – you’ll need semi-sweet chocolate chips and chocolate chunks.
  • Candy – red and white Valentine M&M’s and heart sprinkles.
  • Buttercream Frostingpowdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, butter, vanilla, pink food coloring (optional).
  • Equipment – heart shaped baking pan.
Valentine Heart Shaped Cookie Cake close up

How to Make a Heart Shaped Cookie Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 inch heart shaped pan with baking spray.
  • Beat together the wet ingredients until smooth and creamy.
  • In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt.
  • Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  • Fold in chocolate and M&Ms.
  • Press the cookie batter into the pan and add the heart shaped sprinkles on top.
Valentine Cookie Cake in a heart shaped pan.
  • Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until the sides are lightly browned. Cool completely before frosting.

Buttercream Frosting

  • Using a mixer, beat together all of the frosting ingredients until smooth with stiff peaks (except for the food coloring).
  • Mix in a few drops of the pink coloring until it is well combined.
  • Scoop the frosting into the piping bag and pipe frosting along the edge of the cake. Then add more sprinkles.
Valentine Heart Shaped Cookie Cake

Can I Use Different Cookie Flavors?

Absolutely. You can make this cookie in any flavor you like. You can try:

Decorating a Valentine Heart Cookie Cake:

The great thing about this heart cake is you can top it with anything. You can add fresh fruit. Cool Whip frosting instead of traditional frosting. You can add more candies around the edges. The possibilities are endless!

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Heart Shaped Cookie Cake

This Heart Shaped Cookie Cake is perfect for Valentine's Day or when you want a special dessert. A giant soft cookie loaded with chocolate and topped with a buttercream frosting.
Servings: 24
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Total: 35 minutes

Ingredients
  

Cookie Ingredients

Vanilla Frosting Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 9in heart shaped baking pan with Pam baking spray.
  • Using a standing mixer, beat the butter and sugars until creamy and smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt until combined. Gradually beat in dry ingredients until combined.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips, chocolate chunks and M&Ms.
  • Press batter into the heart pan. Sprinkle the pink and white heart sprinkles on top.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 20-22 minutes or until lightly browned on the sides.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before frosting.

Buttercream Frosting directions

  • Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients except for the color until combined and smooth but stiff with peaks.
  • Beat in a few drops of the pink coloring until combined. Scoop the frosting into the piping bag.

Decorating directions

  • Pipe frosting along the edge of the cookie cake and top with some more sprinkles
  • Cut and enjoy!

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Nutrition

Calories: 421kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 106mg | Potassium: 160mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 560IU | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 2mg

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