Circus Animal Cookie Cake

You know what is the BEST thing ever? Sleeping in on a weekend morning. Really Sundays are the days I enjoy it the most, because I am cherishing every minute of the morning before I have to get up. Even though I had a million things to do this weekend, I tried to sleep just a few extra minutes yesterday. Then I got busy shooting this cake, because I couldn’t wait to slice into it any longer!
You know what is NOT the best thing ever? Sunday nights. Even though a few of my favorite shows are on TV, I am just not into the whole going back to work on Monday morning deal. Plus Sunday night means I am running around trying to get everything lined up for the week. I have to meal prep, which is also not my favorite thing.

INGREDIENTS

• For the cake:
• 1 package vanilla cake mix
• 3 large eggs
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup light sour cream
• 2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• Pink gel food dye
• For the frosting:
• 4 sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 8 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoons almond extract
• Pink gel food dye
• 1 ½ cups Circus Animal Cookies, crushed & divided
• For the ganache:
• 5 ounces (about 1 cup) white chocolate chips
• 4-5 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• Pink gel food dye
• Sprinkles for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

1. For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, oil, milk, sour cream and vanilla and almond extract. Mix at a medium speed until well combined.
3. Spoon out a little less than half (about 1/3) of the cake batter and slowly add the food color until you reach the desired pink color. Start small because you can always go darker but you can’t go lighter!
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for full instruction please see : beyondfrosting.com

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