If you want them to taste like birthday cake I recommend following the recipe as written. Otherwise they’re just vanilla cookies with sprinkles.

So what would you recommend I use instead?

Hi Vanessa! I haven’t tried that so can’t say for sure, but it would probably work ok. The texture might be different though.

So if I didn’t want to use cake box mix, could I just use regular flour in lieu of?

Thank you!

Hi Rosanna! Are you chilling your cookie dough? These ones definitely bake up thinner than normal cookies due to the cake mix. It’s possible that your oven runs hot too (a lot of ovens do), which would cause the cookies to spread more too. If all else fails, you can mess with the ratio of cake mix and flour — take away some cake mix and replace it with flour. Are you using the measurements in grams or cups? I just took at look at the grams and I think the ratio was off there! I’ve updated it to reflect the correct amounts. Let me know if that was it?? If not you can mess around with the proportion of flour to cake mix.

Ive tried this recipe twice and absolutely love the flavor of the cookie. However both attempts yielded flat cookies that resembled disks. First attempt my butter was too soft /liquidy when I began creaming it so I figured that was why my cookie ended up spreading too much. Second attempt, I made sure the butter was a thicker consistency but still allowed for creaming in the sugar. I also added an extra 30g of flour. The end product was better but as much thinner than whats shown in your pictures. Any guesses what I did wrong? Thanks in advance!

Hi Lauren! I used a box mix to help ensure the cookies had that perfect birthday cake taste 😊

Haha very true! Cookies do ship easier than cake 😉 Thanks Olga! xo