Circus Animal Cookie Cake
Circus Animal Cookie Cake is a fun way to bake with those yummy pink and white sugar cookies. This makes a unique and tasty birthday cake or just a treat when you feel like doing a little baking.
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Cake
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fun birthday cakes, homemade layer cake, layer cake recipe
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 1067kcal
Ingredients
- 2 boxes of funfetti cake mix
- 6 large egg
- 2 C water
- 1 C Canola oil
- 3 9 inch round cake pans
- 3 10 inch round cake board
- Pam baking spray
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients
- 2 C unsalted butter softened
- 5 C powdered sugar
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3-6 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- Pink food coloring
- 2 C funfetti sprinkles
- 1 Bag of frosted animal cookies
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray the 3 cake pans with pam baking spray
Combine all cake ingredients into a standing mixer or large mixing bowl and beat until combined
Divide the batter between the 3 pans and bake in the oven for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Allow to cool completely before moving onto the cake board
Using a cake leveler, remove the dome from the cakes to make even
Frosting Directions
Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream until combined, smooth and stiff with peaks
Scoop 2 1/2 C of frosting into one bowl and mix in a few drops of pink gel food coloring until combined
Scoop ½ C of frosting into the piping bag
Build The Cake
Using 1 cake layer on the cake board, scoop 1 C of pink frosting onto the top of the cake and spread evenly
Place the second layer of cake on top of the first layer of frosting.
Scoop another 1 C of pink frosting onto the second layer of cake and spread evenly.
Place the last layer of cake on top
Frost entire cake with the remaining white frosting
Take the angled spatula and blot dollops of pink frosting around the cake
Carefully smooth evenly to allow the pink frosting to blend into the white frosting
Scoop a handful of funfetti sprinkles onto the bottom of the cake
Pipe dollops of white frosting around the top
Sprinkle some sprinkles around the edge of the cake
Place animal cookies into the frosting
Cut and enjoy!
Calories: 1067kcal | Carbohydrates: 133g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 59g | Saturated Fat: 24g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 21g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 504mg | Potassium: 47mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 110g | Vitamin A: 1070IU | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 2mg