Birthday Cake Delight

5 from 7 votes

Birthday cake delight is a heavenly and light layered dessert that is simple to make and full of fun.

Prep Time20

Chill Time2

Total Time2 20

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Birthday Cake Delight Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 743kcal

14.3 ounces vanilla sandwich cookies, (approximately 36 cookies, 2 ½ cups when crushed)
6 tablespoons salted butter, melted and cooled (plus more for greasing dish)
16 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
¾ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
16 ounces frozen whipped topping, Cool Whip, defrosted and divided into 1 cup, 1 cup, and remainder
¼ cup rainbow sprinkles, plus more for garnish
6.8 ounces vanilla-flavored instant pudding mix, or white chocolate pudding
2 cups whole milk

Butter an 8x8 glass baking dish and set it aside.
In the bowl of a food processor, crush vanilla sandwich cookies until small even crumbs form. Add melted butter and pulse until combined.
Press cookie/butter mixture into the greased baking dish and place in the freezer for 10 minutes to chill while preparing the next layer.
With a hand mixer or in the bowl of a standing mixer, beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1 cup of frozen whipped topping until smooth and creamy (about 5 minutes). Add in sprinkles and stir just until combined.
Spread cream cheese mixture over the chilled cookie crumb layer and place back into the freezer for another 10 minutes.
With a whisk or beater, combine both packages of pudding mix, milk, and 1 cup of frozen whipped topping. Whisk until combined and mixture begins to thicken.
Spread pudding layer over the chilled cream cheese layer and chill for 30 minutes or until pudding is set.
Gently top whipped topping, creating swoops with the back of a spoon or spatula (you may have leftover whipped topping). Top with more sprinkles. Chill until ready to serve.

It’s highly recommended to make this dessert a day ahead of time and refrigerate it overnight. This will allow it to thicken and makes it easier to cut into slices.
Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature so that you don’t have lumps in this layer.
Some types of sprinkles have the color “painted” on them and will bleed. If you are concerned about bleeding, test your sprinkles before stirring them in.