Birthday Cake Blondies

🤍 Birthday Cake Blondies

I have summarised everything that you will come to know and love (LOVE ❤) about this blondie recipe in the points below:

• One bowl: all of the ingredients needed get added to a bowl and we simply stir them together. No electric mixer or hand held beaters are needed.
• Versatile: blondies make a delicious dessert but they are also great to take to work, for a bake sale, as a plate for a family gathering and more. You are likely to find a wide variety of occasions that you can take them to.
• Minimal effort: we don't have to whip cream, we don't have to wait for chocolate to melt and we don't have to pipe anything. These birthday cake blondies are perfect for all skill levels in the kitchen and are very straight forward and easy from start to finish.

🥗 Birthday Cake Blondies Ingredients

The photo below is to show you everything you need to make the chewy birthday cake blondies recipe. Please refer to the printable recipe card for the full list of ingredients, measurements and detailed instructions.

As you can see these birthday blondies call for:

• Vanilla.
• Eggs.
• Butter: unsalted butter is best to use. This is because the nuts will bring a salty flavor to the blondies and we don't want to make them 'too salty'.
• White sugar.
• Brown sugar.
• Sprinkles: rainbow sprinkles with every color under the sun!
• Chocolate chips.
• Scorched peanut bites.
• Plain flour: no need to sift.

😉 Substitutions

Here are my sub ins and outs that you might be thinking about as you read the post and I will tell you if I think they will work or why they won't:

• Chocolate: I like to use white chocolate chips for this recipe and they give a nice contrast to the milk chocolate on the peanuts. You can do the same or use milk chocolate, dark chocolate or a combination of chocolate chips.
• Scorched peanut bites: can switch out for a bag of Reese's peanut butter cups. When I have tried a version with these, I don't chop them, I simply open the bag and thrown them in (unwrapped version).
• Sugar: the recipe will work if you use only either white sugar or brown sugar. If using only brown sugar the blondies will be less crispy on the edges and have a much softer texture. If using only white sugar the blondies won't have that browned butter flavor but they will still tick a lot of boxes.
• Other mix ins: want even ore birthday blondies fun? Push some chopped pieces of golden oreos into the top of the batter, scatter some birthday sprinkles across the top or use almond extract in place of the vanilla for a different flavor profile.

👩‍🍳 How to Make Birthday Cake Blondies

Here are the step by step instructions to make the blondies. We start by lining a large square baking dish with baking baking.

🍳 The Basic Instructions

• Line the baking dish (Photo 1)
• Chop the scorched peanuts (Photo 2)
• Add sugar to a large bowl (Photo 3)
• Pour in the melted butter (Photo 4)

Line the baking dish with 2 sheets of overlapping parchment paper. Then set this aside whilst using a knife and chopping board to roughly chop the scorched peanut bites.

Next we begin to add everything to a large mixing bowl. You can start with the brown sugar, then the white sugar. Once done add the butter to a microwave safe bowl and melt it using high temperature.

When the butter has melted pour it over the sugar like you see in the photos above.

• Combine the butter and sugars (Photo 5)
• Add the eggs and vanilla (Photo 6)
• Combine (Photo 7)
• Add the flour and combine (Photo 8)

Next add the eggs and vanilla then stir to combine. From there add the plain flour to the wet ingredients and again stir until consistently mixed in.

• Add the mix ins (Photo 9)
• Stir to combine (Photo 10)
• Transfer to a baking dish (Photo 11)
• Spread across the dish (Photo 12)

Now add the white chocolate chips, sprinkles and chopped scorched peanut bites. Then stir to gently fold these in.

Once done transfer the combined mixture into the prepared baking dish and then spread the raw batter across the base like you see in the photos above.

• Bake (Photo 13)

We bake the blondies for 35 minutes then use oven mitts to remove them and place them onto a heatproof surface.

Now we let them cool in the pan (important).

Then remove them to a wire rack and let them cool a little further.

• Slice (Photo 14)

Once the blondies have cooled you can then use a knife to slice them into individual portions.

This is where the square baking dish will come in handy as you can make the large square 4 smaller squares and then those squares 4 smaller squares and you will end up with 16 even pieces 😉👌.

🍽 Serving Suggestions

When it comes to serving your blondies I like to think of it as each to their own. Some people will want a scoop or 2 of ice-cream on top, some will want to eat hot, some will want cold and some will want as is.

You my friend, can do you. There is not a lot that can go wrong once these have baked and cooled.

👍 How to Guide

How to Store

After slicing the blondies, stack them in a sealed, airtight container and place them in the fridge. They will last 3-4 days.

💡 Tasty Tips

Here are my top tips and tricks that I want to share with you so that you master the recipe from the get go:

• Baking dish: the baking dish I use for the recipe is 24 cm or 9.4 inches. Yours doesn't have to be square, you can use a rectangular one. I like the square shape as it makes cutting the blondies into even pieces very easy. But either way, the recipe will still work. We don't want to use a tin or dish that is too small as we don't want them to be too high/thick.
• Olive oil: I lightly spray the baking dish with oil to 'stick' the 1st piece of baking paper down.
• Batter: after adding the flour, we need to mix the batter until there is no visible flour. I use a long handled spatula for this. I also lift the bowl and look at it from the base to see that it is consistently mixed in. This process is easy and will only take minutes. You will notice, however, the mixture is quite thick by this point, so a little bit of elbow grease is required.
• Cool: one of the most important steps in making blondies is ensuring that they have cooled enough before slicing them that they won't fall apart. If you want to leave them overnight (in the pan) you can. Otherwise aim for 30 - 40 minutes in the pan cooling time and 30 minutes once out of the pan. You can also place the cooked blondies (still in the baking dish) into the fridge to speed up this process.

🤓 Birthday Cake Blondies FAQ's

😍 More Easy Bake And No Bake Recipes

If your favorite thing to do is spend time in the kitchen whipping up everything except dinner then I have some more ideas for you! These recipes have a variety of flavor combinations, ingredients and cooking techniques.

• More chocolate ideas: Tim Tam Cheesecake Balls, Baileys Cheesecake Balls, Tim Tam Cheesecake Balls, Slow Cooker Baileys Fudge.
• Fudge ideas: Rum And Raisin Fudge, Vanilla Fudge Recipe, Malteser Fudge, Snickers Fudge, Turkish Delight Fudge.
• Biscuits or cookies: Smarties Cookies, Mars Bar Cookies, Pistachio Biscuits.
• Savory ideas: Slow Cooker Cheese And Bacon Bread, Caramelised Onion Tarts, Brie Cranberry Tarts, Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Bites.
• Ideas with fruit: Apple Custard Tarts, Fruit Mince Tarts, Apple Crumble Tartlets, Fruit Mince.

It is time to bake our birthday cake blondies my friend! You can also find all of my dessert recipes or chocolate recipes in the one spot.

Adrianne

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