For his birthday, the only request Ross made was for a cookie cake. Now, I made a cookie cake last year and somehow managed to make it look completely decent. Fast forward to this year, it was a mess.
Have you ever followed a recipe to a "T", only for it to produce an embarrassing and unattractive finished product? See exhibit A:
So this was Ross's cookie cake as of 4:30pm on Friday, birthday party kicking off at 7:30pm. I had it stuck in my head that a cookie cake was literally a large cookie, courtesy of The Great American Cookie Co. (located at a mall near you).
As you know, I've become quite the food blogger...and that cake was just not going to cut it. So I searched Google.com fast and furiously until I found a recipe that required only ingredients found in my pantry (I still had to shower, clean, and cook dinner, after all).
Thanks to That's So Yummy and this enticing image:
I realized there was hope after all. Just one hour later my cookie CAKE was out of the oven. Leaving a few hours for it to cool.
The cookie cake spent the first half of the party cooling (incognito) at Katie's house. I ran over to dress this pretty little cake in 5 minutes flat with cream cheese icing (cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and lime zest), blueberries, and strawberries.
Clearly it was delicious. My only complaint is that it was a little too chocolately. Okay, maybe a lot chocolately. Here's assuming it was completely my fault because I used bitter-sweet chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet, as the recipe called for.
Either way, it was devoured quickly and Ross was one happy camper.
Happy Birthday Ross!
Sarah
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