Recipes and Cooking Desserts & Baking Cookies Birthday Party Cookie Cakes These petite treats are the perfect way to celebrate your next birthday, holiday, or anniversary. Learn how to make these charming individual desserts. By Courtney Whitmore Courtney Whitmore Facebook Instagram Website Growing up in the South, Courtney always loved the art of presenting classic Southern foods with a modern twist and setting a tablescape with lots of pizzazz. She attended Vanderbilt University earning both a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in organizational leadership. Courtney launched Pizzazzerie.com (pronounced piz·zazze·rie [pəˈzaz ərē]) in 2010 to share entertaining inspiration and ideas with her readers. Now a best-selling author of five entertaining cookbooks, she utilizes her talent in entertaining and food styling to share daily party inspiration with hundreds of thousands of entertaining-loving readers. Her expertise has been seen in Better Homes & Gardens, Southern Living, HGTV, Access Hollywood, and Martha Stewart. She has styled for brands such as Target, Lindt Chocolate, Pepperidge Farm, Bath & Body Works, Minted, Wayfair, and more to connect consumers with their products in an entertaining setting. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on September 27, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Mini cookie cakes are the perfect individual desserts for birthday parties. Let each party guest have their own mini birthday party cookie cake or set up a DIY cookie cake bar for each guest to make their own cookie cake creation! Get the Birthday Party Cookie Cakes Recipe! What you'll need: The Best Sugar Cookies recipe Butter Cream Frosting recipe Gel food coloring Disposable piping bag Open star decorating tip Sprinkles or candies Candles Mini cake stand or plate Instructions: Prepare the cookie dough according to the recipe and cut out three sizes of round cookies. (Pictured: three different-size cookies created from 1-1/2-inch, 2-1/2-inch, and 3-1/2-inch cookie cutters.) You can make your party cookie cakes as big or as small as you like by altering the sizes of your cookies. Bake your cookies and stack them with the largest size on the bottom. Prepare the Buttercream Frosting and tint with gel food coloring in your desired color. Add the frosting to a piping bag that's fitted with an open star decorating tip or your favorite decorating tip. Pipe the frosting onto the first (largest) cookie, then the medium-size cookie, then the smallest cookie. Stack for a three-layer cookie cake. Top your cookie cake with a variety of sprinkles or candies for a bit of birthday fun! To create the mini candle, if needed, just cut down a larger birthday candle with sharp scissors or a knife. Place down into the frosting on top of the first tier. Serve up your birthday party cookie cake on a mini stand or plate with a party napkin. You can even add a fun party topper or skewer for more pizzazz. Make these cookie cakes your own! Get the Birthday Party Cookie Cakes Recipe! Courtney Whitmore is a food and entertaining stylist and cookbook author. Growing up in the South, she attended Vanderbilt University, earning both a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in organizational leadership. Her expertise has been seen in Better Homes & Gardens, HGTV.com, Ladies' Home Journal, AOL's DIY Life, Get Married magazine, and marthastewart.com. She works with brands such as Michaels Stores, Target's online magazine, Tostitos and Frito-Lay, Hershey's, Pier 1 Imports, Orville Redenbacher, Sierra Mist, Pepperidge Farm, and more to connect consumers with their products in an entertaining setting. Connect with her on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and the Pizzazzerie Blog. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit