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These funfetti cake cookies just might be the easiest cookies I have ever made! Amazingly, they are addictively delicious, which I guess is bound to happen when you start with cake batter. Plus, it’s impossible to not have fun baking when playing with sprinkles!
Like me, you have probably seen many versions of funfetti cookies and cake batter cookies all over Pinterest. I bet you also have been planning to make them “one day”. Well, for me that day came when I saw these Confetti Cake Batter Cookies over at Sally’s Baking Addiction. When I see a recipe that is “dedicated to all my fellow sprinkle lovers “, I take notice!
How To Make Funfetti Cake Cookies
It all starts with a box of classic white cake mix. Dump the contents into a large bowl and mix it with one teaspoon of baking powder.
UPDATE: Thank you to Sophia for bringing to my attention that all boxes of cake mix are not created equal! I used an 18.25 box of Duncan Hines cake mix. If you are using a smaller box of cake mix, compensate by reducing the amount of oil you use.
In another bowl, combine two large eggs, 1/3 cup of vegetable oil, 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and 1/4 teaspoon of LorAnn’s Buttery Sweet Dough Bakery Emulsion. If you don’t have the buttery sweet dough flavoring, you can replace it with another 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract. But let me just say that adding a bit of LorAnn’s Buttery Sweet Dough to a recipe is like having a secret ingredient that brings a touch of magical yumminess to anything you bake!
Add your wet mixture to your dry mixture and continue stirring until they are well combined, forming your dough.
Next, mix in about 1-1/4 cup of sprinkles… the more the merrier in my opinion! I used rainbow jimmies but the options are endless here. Use whatever sprinkles you have on hand or do what I did and combine sprinkles to form a unique color combination. Don’t spend too much time mixing your cookie dough, just enough so that the sprinkles are evenly distributed.
Roll the dough into balls that are about an inch wide. To help keep the size of your cookie dough balls consistent, I recommend using a cookie dough scoop or coffee scoop.
Set the cookie dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet, giving them room to spread. Add an extra touch of sprinkles any where it is needed and bake your funfetti cake cookies on 350 for 9 to 10 minutes, just shy of browning.
After removing the cookies from the oven, let them sit on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
Now reward yourself with a funfetti cake cookie that is moist, chewy, and delicious. I dare you to try to each just one!
Funfetti Cake Cookies
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Ingredients
1 18.25 oz. Box of Classic White Cake Mix
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
2 Large Eggs
1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
1/4 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/4 Teaspoon LorAnn’s Butter Sweet Dough Bakery Emulsion
1-1/4 Cup Sprinkles
Directions
Mix the cake mix and baking powder in a large bowl.
In another bowl, combine the eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and buttery sweet dough emulsion. (You can replace the buttery sweet dough flavoring with another 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract.)
Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and continue stirring until they are well combined, forming the cookie dough.
Mix in about the sprinkles without over mixing.
Roll the dough into balls that are about an inch wide.
Set the cookie dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet, giving them room to spread.
Bake on 350 for 9 to 10 minutes, just shy of browning.
Let the baked cookies sit on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool.
What sprinkles in your pantry stand out as your favorite?
Would they create a pretty funfetti cake cookie?
These look yummy and beautiful! I can’t resist anything with sprinkles
Jennifer @ Not Your Momma’s Cookie recently posted..17 Awesome St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
I’m addicted to sprinkles, Jennifer! These funfetti cake cookies are the perfect way to use up any random left over ones that you have.
So pretty! AND another plus is they are easy enough for me to make!
Kalamity Kelli recently posted..How to Smoke Peppers the Easy Way!
These funfetti cake cookies will probably be the easiest cookies you ever make, Kelli!
I love cake mix cookies! So easy and fun! Thanks for sharing at Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s!
Chandra@The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen recently posted..Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s #12
I was surprised at how easy these funfetti cake cookies were, Chandra! Easy and yet so pretty with the sprinkles.
These cookies look so delicious! We love them! -The Six Sisters
Thanks for stopping by, ladies! You can’t go wrong with a cookie recipe that starts out with cake batter!
These look so good and fun too. I have seen these cake mix cookies but have not tried them yet. After seeing yours I think that I need to give them a try!
Rita recently posted..Fun Easter Bouquet
These funfetti cake cookies are so yummy and easy, Rita! Give them a try on a day when you want to make something sweet but are feeling lazy.
These look adorable. I’d love for you to link these up over at a link party I’m hosting
http://thevelvetmoonbaker.blogspot.ie/2013/03/sweet-and-savoury-sunday-link-party-1.html
Tash @ The Velvet Moon Baker recently posted..Raspberry and Orange Yoghurt Muffins
Thanks for your compliment in my funfetti cake cookies, Tash! And for the invite, I’ll check it out.
Those are so pretty! I love anything fufetti. YUM!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust recently posted..Mint Chocolate Chip Popcorn Treats
I’m just drawn to all things funfetti too, Dorothy! You can’t go wrong if the word “fun” is right in the name!
I love funfetti cookies! These are beautiful. I could definitely gobble some of those up right now – I’m starving
I’d be thrilled if you’d link up at this week’s Off the Hook!
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Thanks, Lauren! It would be hard not to love these funfetti cookies… they’re so pretty and at the same time so easy!
Those look so yummy! I so need to start doing cookies with a scoop! Stopping by from Adorned from Above Blog Hop.
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Thanks for stopping by, Alexis. These funfetti cake cookies are definitely yummy. If you like cake they hit the spot!
I love how colorful and fun these are! And cake mix cookies are one of my favorites, since they have that yummy cake mix flavor baked right in!
That’s one of the things I love about these funfetti cake cookies, Michelle. It’s like a bite-sized piece of cake!
These look delicious. I love the color of those sprinkles!
Melissa {Simply Sweets by Honeybee} recently posted..Key Lime Coconut Pecan Cake Mix Cookies {Simply Sweet Saturdays}
Thanks, Melissa! They just wouldn’t be fun funfetti cookies without pretty sprinkles!
I love funfetti cake, so I’m excited to try these cookies! Thanks for sharing.
Laura @ Thriftyhomemaking recently posted..Organizing with Baskets
I hope you get a chance to try these funfetti cake cookies, Laura! Let me know how you like them.
Found you from the link party – really love the cookies. Do you think McCormick’s butter emulsion would work?
Nick @ Bakingbeardy recently posted..Mississippi Mud Pie
Hi, Nick. I think you can make your funfetti cake cookies with McCormick’s butter emulsion if you don’t have LorAnn’s sweet buttery dough. But, I definitely recommend trying the sweet buttery dough. I am in love with it!
Ah I love the look of these cookies! They sound really yummy too!
These funfetti cake cookie are so fun, Rosie! And it’s great cause you can use up whatever random sprinkles you have laying around.
I have never heard of that ingredient! Your cookies look so amazing! Thank you for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday! Please come back next week and join us again!
You gotta try it, Lois! It’s like adding a secret ingredient to your cookies and cakes that just give it that “I don’t know what it is but I love it” taste.
Ohlala! Very festive!
Thank you for partying with the Wildly Original Crowd.
<3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
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Thanks for stopping by to check out my funfetti cookies, Christina!
Ahhh! These are so cute! I will have to make these with my nieces! Thanks for linking up at Sweet & Savoury Sundays!
Lorraine @ Cookin’ For the Seven Dwarfs recently posted..Quiche Lorraine
I hope you and your nieces have fun making the funfetti cookies, Lorraine!
These look really yummy. Love the sprinkles!
These funfetti cookies are little bites of heaven, Eva!
These cookies are super cute
I looooooove to use funfetti, but I’ve never made funfetti cookies. I’m definitely going to now
Winnie recently posted..עוגת שוקולד דובדבנים ללא קמח
If you love funfetti you’ll love these funfetti cake cookies, Winnie! They’re so easy to make and so yummy.
Yum these look so delicious! I love making cookies with cake mix because they are SO moist. I’ve tried the Funfetti Cookie mix but it just doesn’t cut it!
Krystle(Baking Beauty) recently posted..Cute Easter Cupcake Ideas
These cookies sound right up your alley, Krystle! They’re like mini bites of cake with sprinkles.
I tried making these today but the dough was too batter-like. It wasn’t as solid as a dough should be. I used the standard Betty Crocker white cake mix. Is there a difference in the amount of dry product between brands of cake mix?
Sophia, I just took a look at some different cake box mixes online. The Duncan Hines mix is 18.25 oz while Betty Crocker is 16.25 so it is possible that this caused your issue. You probably want to cut back on the amount of oil used if you are using for the smaller amount of cake mix.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will update my post to include the size of the cake mix I used so others don’t have the issue that you did. So sorry if this resulted in wasted time in the kitchen for you!
They look perfect.
I’m so happy you made them!
Thanks for the recipe, Sally. They were delicious! Loooooove your blog!
Hey Janine, this looks so good. My daughter loves the funfetti cup cakes. I have a box of Pillsbury Funfetti cake mix. it’s 15.25oz. Do you think this would work?
Kathy, I used an 18.25 oz box so you will probably want to adjust the recipe by using less oil. Have fun making your funfetti cake cookies!