Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cake!

We love Cookies ‘N’ Cream! It’s got everything your taste buds need for a fun filled party… chocolate… cookie crumble… whipped buttercream… and the finest vanilla pod seeds! This weekend we created a lovely Cookies ‘N’ Cream cake. It went down a treat to say the least. Why not give our recipe below a try for a delicious delight fit for any party?

Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cake

Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cake

Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cake

Basic Chocolate Cake Recipe (makes approx. 3 x 9″ layers)

453g self-raising flour
453g butter
453g caster sugar
8-10 heaped tablespoons of cocoa powder (depending on brand)
10 eggs
vanilla bourbon pod

Step one: Preheat your oven to Gas Mark 3/325F/170C

Step two: Cream the butter with sugar and once well mixed add in the flour, vanilla bourbon pod seeds, cocoa powder and then the eggs.

Step three: Fill your 9″ cake pans 1/4 full.

Step four: Bake for around 30-45 minutes or until done.

Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cake

Cookies ‘n’ Cream Buttercream

750g butter
800-950g icing sugar
vanilla bourbon pods
Cookies ‘n’ Cream Crunch Sprinkles by Wilton
Chocolate cigarillos
Large broken cookie pieces

Step one: Cut your butter into small cubes and cream your butter until soft.

Step two: Gradually add icing sugar until a good consistency.

Step three: Add the seeds from your 3 vanilla bourbon pods along with around 3 heaped teaspoons of Cookies ‘n’ Cream Crunch Sprinkles by Wilton. Mix well. TIP: Add your Cookies ‘n’ Cream Crunch Sprinkles by Wilton at the last possible moment to avoid getting a grey buttercream. You want lovely flecks of cookie in your frosting!

Step four: Put together your layers by filled with your delicious cookies and cream buttercream.

Step five: Smother your sandwiched chocolate cake with the remaining cookies and cream buttercream and decorate with your chocolate cigarillos.

Step six: To finish topple lots of broken cookie pieces on top of your cake and… enjoy!

Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cake

 

Recipe: Cookies ‘n’ Cream Cupcakes!

Cookies ‘N’ Cream is our favourite flavour! It’s a soft chocolate cake swirled with a cookie and bourbon vanilla pod infused buttercream then finished with more crunchy cookie crumbles! Sound good? If so then why not give our recipe below a try and enjoy them yourself!

Recipe: Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

Basic Chocolate Cupcake Recipe (makes approx. 12)

226g self-raising flour
226g butter
226g caster sugar
4-5 heaped tablespoons of cocoa powder (depending on brand)
4-5 eggs
60ml canola or rapeseed oil
1 vanilla bourbon pod
Cupcake cases

Step one: Preheat your oven to Gas Mark 3/325F/170C

Step two: Cream the butter with sugar and once well mixed add in the flour, vanilla bourbon pod seeds, cocoa powder, oil and then the eggs.

Step three: Set out your cupcake cases in your pan and fill each case 2/3 full.

Step four: Bake from around 12-18 minutes then leave to cool on a counter. Remember to try not to eat them!

Recipe: Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

Cookies ‘n’ Cream Buttercream

250g butter
250-350g icing sugar
vanilla bourbon pods
Piping bags
868 piping tip 
Cookies ‘n’ Cream Crunch Sprinkles by Wilton

Step one: Cut your butter into small cubes and cream your butter until soft.

Step two: Gradually add icing sugar until a good consistency.

Step three: Add the seeds from your 3 vanilla bourbon pods along with around 3 heaped teaspoons of Cookies ‘n’ Cream Crunch Sprinkles by Wilton. Mix well. TIP: Add your Cookies ‘n’ Cream Crunch Sprinkles by Wilton at the last possible moment to avoid getting a grey buttercream. You want lovely flecks of cookie in your frosting!

Step four: Scoop your delicious buttercream into a piping bag fitted with an 868 piping tip (if you’d like to create the linear swirl we’ve piped). Pipe a generous swirl of frosting atop your cupcakes and sprinkle with Cookies ‘n’ Cream Crunch Sprinkles by Wilton!

Recipe: Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

These cupcakes are an instant crowd pleaser. By adding real and good quality vanilla bourbon pods to your cookies ‘n’ cream buttercream you get a gorgeous ice cream-like flavour to your frosting. Once these cupcakes are ready to eat save yourself a few because they will suddenly disappear!

 

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