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Cookie Butter Cake

Ingredients

Ingredients:

For the Cake:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/3 cup sour cream lite is okay (plain Greek yogurt may be substituted)
  • 3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 6 Trader Joes Speculoos or Biscoff Cookies crumbled
  • 1/2 cup Trader Joes Cookie Butter melted

For the Frosting:

  • 1 stick of unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup Cookie Butter
  • 1-2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp of milk or cream

Instructions

Instructions:

For the Cake:

  1. Preheat oven to 350° Spray a round 9" cake pan with cooking spray; set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, optional salt; set aside.
  3. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk, sour cream, oil, and vanilla.
  4. Add the wet mixture to the dry, mixing lightly with a spoon or folding with a spatula until just combined.
  5. Turn batter out into prepared pan and bake for about 29 to 32 minutes, or until center is set and not jiggly, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. Cool for at least 30 minutes before removing from the pan and frosting.

For the Frosting:

  1. Cream together the butter and cookie butter. Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time until thick. Add a tablespoon of milk at a time, util a creamy consistency is reached. Mix on high until smooth and creamy. Spread on top of cooled cake.
  2. Top the cake with crumbled Speculoos cookies. Drizzle the melted Cookie Butter over the entire cake for the final step.