How To Make Birthday Sprinkle Cake Cookies

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Have you ever gasped out loud at an amazing find on Pinterest? That’s how these birthday sprinkle cake cookies got their start. Although I had browsed through thousands of pins for recipes and crafts that I promised myself I would to get to “someday”, I knew the multi-tiered sprinkle cake by Birchgrove Baking was different.  I was in awe of the towers of rainbow sprinkles that were so neatly pressed together. I loved how each layer of colorful delight stopped and started with a delicate white fondant bow.

I wanted so badly to replicate the stunning sprinkle cake. Only a few obstacles stood in my way: any cake I have ever made has started with a box mix and it certainly didn’t stand any taller than a single layer, I have had even less experience with fondant, and I think I would need a physics degree to figure out how to arrange sprinkles neatly on a vertical surface.

Lurking in the back of my mind, the sprinkle cake haunted me until a creative light bulb turned on in my head and I knew how to bring this one “pin” to life! Cookies…. duh, Janine!

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If you’re like me and your love of sprinkles borders on an obsession, take a quick look at a calendar, find the next birthday coming up and make these birthday sprinkle cake cookies for the lucky birthday boy or girl!

To make birthday sprinkle cake cookies you will need:

Before you begin, plan out how thick you want to make each layer of ribbon and cake. If you want a guide when icing, you can draw each layer on your cookie using a food coloring marker.

Start by using gold-colored royal icing to outline and immediately fill in the ribbon areas on each layer of your sprinkle cake cookies. Set the cookies aside to let the icing dry until moving on to the next step (at least 20 minutes). Working one cookie at a time, outline and immediately fill in the cake layers with white icing. While the white icing is still wet, cover the cookie in rainbow sprinkles. Turn the cookie vertically to gently knock off any excess sprinkles. Use the straight edge of a knife to press any unruly sprinkles neatly into place.

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Using a small piping tip, draw thin lines to create the cake stand with black royal icing (If you are using chocolate cookies, I recommend using white icing instead so that there is a contrast between the stand and the background.) Let the cookies dry completely, preferably overnight.

With gold-colored royal icing, draw a simple bow with ribbon flowing down the tiers of the sprinkle cake cookie.

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Set the cookies aside to let the icing dry until moving on to the next step (at least 20 minutes). Mix a small amount of gold luster dust with a few drops of vodka or alcohol-based extract (NOT water). Paint the gold paste that is produced on the gold layers of royal icing.

How To Make Sprinkle Cake Cookies

The alcohol will evaporate, leaving behind a pretty metallic gold ribbon on your sprinkle cake cookies. Let the cookies dry completely, preferably overnight, before stacking or packaging.

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31 Responses to How To Make Birthday Sprinkle Cake Cookies

  1. This is such an awesome idea! I also have admired the sprinkle cake on Pinterest :)
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  2. Donna B. says:

    Janine, this is great! I’m also a “sprinkles addict”….love the whimsey it brings to the cookies………but I wouldn’t know where to begin on that sprinkles cake either…love the cookie version here. Blessings, Donna B.

  3. I love Pinterest! It’s a goldmine of inspiration. These cuties are the cutest thing ever, and I’m sure they’re delicious too!
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  4. Ahh! <– pinterest gasp! I'm dying here! LOVE me some sprinkles. These are seriously adorable Janine!! Thanks for sharing at Pin It Thursday
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  5. These look amazing! I’d take them over a regular birthday cake any day.

  6. I adore these cookies! Your cookie rendition of this cake design is perfect! Makes me giddy!
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  7. These are stunning!! Love the sprinkles and the gold luster is wonderful!
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  8. We love Jenn’s Sprinkle Cake too, naturally :) I must say though, I really adore your cookie variation of it! Love to see inspiring forms that cake is taking on for others!
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  9. Chelsea says:

    Holy Hannah, I’m in love with this! I am definitely a sprinkles addict! The other day I bought some cookies that had colorful sprinkles, I realized later that I wouldn’t have even given them a second look if they hadn’t of had sprinkles :) Thanks for sharing!
    Chelsea
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  10. I am definitely a sprinkles addict. My favorite cookies in the Mexican bakeries were the big sugar cookies completely coated in tiny multi colored balls. Your cookie/cake turned out gorgeous, what a stunner! I think it would be such a special treat for the birthday girl or boy.
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  11. Mel says:

    That is pure awesomeness. My girls would love this! stopping by from wildly original linky
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  12. Carrie says:

    This is amazing! All you stuff is so detailed and adorable. You must have amazing patience as you create such beauties!!

    My sister and I host a joint party and we’d love for you to join us. Remember, when you link up at one site, it shows up on both my blog and my sister’s blog too…double exposure!!
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  13. I love love love these cookies. Though don’t have the talent or steady hand to pull them off. Thanks for sharing on Tout it Tuesday! Hope to see you this week.
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  14. Oh, my goodness. These are adorable! I, too, am a sprinkle addict. :)
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