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11) Emoji Face Cookie-Covered Cake

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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 9- inch round cake baked (two 8-inch layers or one 9-inch, cooled)
  • 2 cups chocolate frosting store-bought or homemade
  • 24 mini sandwich cookies like Oreos, halved
  • 12 round emoji sugar cookies store-bought or 2.5-inch homemade
  • Yellow food coloring gel if tinting frosting
  • 1/2 cup black decorating icing in piping tube
  • Sprinkles optional, 1/4 cup

Method
 

  1. Level cake layers with a long serrated knife; place bottom layer on a 9-inch cake board or plate.
  2. Spread 3/4 cup frosting over bottom layer; stack second layer and crumb-coat with 1/2 cup frosting. Chill 10 minutes.
  3. Tint remaining frosting light yellow if desired; finish crumb coat and smooth with an offset spatula.
  4. Press cookie halves upright around the cake edge, flat cream side out, spacing evenly.
  5. Arrange emoji cookies on top in a circle or random pattern.
  6. Use black icing to draw faces on any plain cookies and add sprinkles as needed.