Last month I told Kristine’s sister Mae that I would make her whatever treat she wanted for her birthday when I got back from my work trip. She said her most favourite thing I’ve ever made was the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes from last year.
When I made those in October for my birthday, I topped them with a chocolate cream cheese icing for a little contrast, but I realize now that was a huge mistake. For Mae’s birthday cupcakes, I went back to the original recipe, and made this cookie dough icing. I’m now obsessed.
There’s a little bit of flour in the icing, and it doesn’t fully smooth out, but has a bit of a grainy texture, which on first thought sounds weird, but this is what makes it taste like cookie dough. I can already picture my birthday cake for this year - chocolate cake, covered in this icing, sprinkled with chocolate chips! Maybe a layer of cheesecake in the middle? What? Don’t you start thinking about your birthday cake three months in advance, too?
Cookie Dough Icing
Source: Annie’s Eats
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks), room temperature
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp brown sugar
1 3/4 cup icing sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp milk
1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Beat together butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in icing sugar until smooth, then flour and salt. Add milk and vanilla until smooth and everything is combined.
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lalalaalalike! I’m so curious to know what’s inside of the cupcakes? do you carve out the center and put the icing iN?
either way, i’m getting 1 of these bad boys the next time you bake them!
That looks divine. I wish I could ice like that! I’ll have to remember this recipe. Yum.