FROSTED CIRCUS ANIMAL COOKIE CAKE

FROSTED CIRCUS ANIMAL COOKIE CAKE

This Frosted Circus Animal Cookie Cake is made with red and white layers of vanilla cake, full of a beaten up frosted animal cookie filling and covered in white chocolate buttercream! It’s so much like ingesting frosted animal cookies in cake form and i really like it!

After I made this Frosted Animal Cookie Cheesecake, I had no idea how a whole lot of a hit it'd be. in reality I’m no longer the handiest one with a love for these cookies that runs deep. So naturally the subsequent deal with in line might be a layer cake, given that I’m this type of fan.

This Frosted Animal Cookie Layer Cake, which I suppose you can additionally name a Circus Animal Cookie Cake, is the whole thing I wanted it to be. red and white, complete of frosted animal cookies, with masses of white chocolate frosting. If there’s a heaven for frosted animal cookie lovers, that is it.

INGREDIENTS

VANILLA CAKE

• 2 1/2 cups (325g) all purpose flour
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup (168g) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups (337g) sugar
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups (300ml) milk
• Pink gel icing color
• Ivory gel icing color

FROSTED ANIMAL COOKIE FILLING

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups (317g) frosted animal cookie crumbs
• 1 cup (115g) powdered sugar
• 7-8 tbsp milk or water
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• 15 frosted animal cookies, crumbled

WHITE CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM

• 1 1/4 cups (280g) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 12 oz white chocolate chips, melted
• 6 cups (690g) powdered sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 5-6 tbsp (60-75ml) heavy whipping cream
• Sprinkles

PINK CHOCOLATE GANACHE

• 6 oz white chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• Pink gel icing color

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To make the cake layers, prepare  8 inch cake pans with parchment paper circles within the bottom and grease the perimeters. Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C).
2. four. combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium sized bowl and set apart.
3. upload the butter, sugar and vegetable oil to a massive mixer bowl and beat together until mild in colour and fluffy, approximately 3-four minutes. Do now not skimp at the creaming time.
4. upload the eggs and mix until completely blended and easy. Scrape down the perimeters of the bowl as needed to make sure all elements are nicely integrated.
5. add 1/2 of the dry substances to the batter and mix until mainly blended.
6. eight. add the vanilla extract and milk and mix until properly blended. The batter will look a bit curdled, however that’s ok.
7. nine. upload the closing dry elements and blend until nicely mixed and smooth. Scrape down the perimeters of the bowl as had to be sure all elements are nicely integrated. Do not over blend the batter.
8. Divide the batter in half. put one 1/2 into one of the cake pans and unfold frivolously. colour the coloration 1/2 with the pink and ivory gel coloration, then spread calmly into the alternative organized cake pan.
9. Bake for 30-35 mins, or until a toothpick comes out with some crumbs.
10. dispose of the cakes from the oven and allow to chill for approximately 2-three minutes, then cast off to cooling racks to cool absolutely.
11. when you’re prepared to construct the cake, make the filling. Beat the butter until clean.
12. upload the animal cookie crumbs and beat till nicely combined.
13. upload the powdered sugar and 4 tablespoons of water or milk and beat till properly combined.
14. add the vanilla extract, salt and extra water or milk as needed to get the right consistency.
15. Stir inside the crumbled animal cookies.
16. To construct the cake, torte the 2 cakes so you end up with 4 layers overall.
17. place the first purple layer of cake on a serving plate or cardboard cake circle. unfold approximately 3/4 cup of the filling into an even layer on pinnacle of the cake.
18. Repeat with a layer of white cake and any other layer of filling.
19. upload the second layer of red cake and every other layer of filling.
20. top the cake with the second one white layer of cake.
21. If there’s a few frosting protruding from around the rims, try to easy it out a bit, then set the cake apart.
22. To make the white chocolate buttercream, upload the butter to a large mixer bowl and beat until smooth.
23. add the melted white chocolate chips in a 3 batches, mixing until properly included and clean. You need to feature it in some batches to try to make certain that it mixes well, without any lumps forming from the white chocolate.
24. upload approximately half of the powdered sugar and blend till smooth.
25. add the salt and 3-four tablespoons of cream, then mix till smooth.
26. upload the last powdered sugar and blend until smooth.
27. add extra cream, as wished, until the buttercream is the right consistency.
28. Frost the outside of the cake with the buttercream (use my educational for frosting a smooth cake, if you want), then press sprinkles into the edges of the cake.
29. To make the purple ganache, upload the white chocolate chips to a medium sized bowl.
30. add the cream to a microwave safe measuring cup and warmth just till it begins to boil. Pour the cream over the white chocolate chips and whisk until clean. If it doesn’t clean out absolutely, microwave in 10 second increments, stirring between every, until the white chocolate is melted and easy.
31. upload the crimson icing color until you reach your favored color.
32. Drizzle the ganache round the brink of the cake, then fill in the center.
33. Pipe a few swirls of the ultimate buttercream across the top edge of the cake, then end it off with a few extra animal cookies.

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