If the Valentine’s Day Cake I made last week seemed like a little too much, then I think you’ll enjoy these. They require very little ingredients or effort and they’re still pretty cute.
They are sweet and red and a perfect little treat to give on the 14th. And even better, they are super-easy!
* Any cake mix should work.
Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
Cream Cheese Filling
Instructions
Notes
Tip: For consistent size cookies, use a 1.5 inch small ice cream scooper when placing batter on the baking sheet.
The finished cookie size will be about 3 inches wide.
To assemble, spoon a small amount of frosting on the flat side of one cookie. Take another cookie and press together until frosting is flush with the edge.
And ENJOY, of course!
Now, some people would call using a cake mix cheating.
Nope.
This is cheating. Or maybe it’s just being resourceful. Either way… still cute.
Look familiar?
You guessed it. Oreo Cakesters, baby. I have been wanting to try these for a while now.
I mean, one of my favorite cookies made into a cake has to be good.
And since I was in a valentine kinda mood, I decided to eat my heart out.
Cakesters… a cutter… and cute!
And the best part is eating the scraps along the way. Yum!
The cakesters are about 1.75″ wide. So you will need a cutter smaller than that.
Now, since Valentine’s Day is almost here, here’s another quick giveaway.
I have this cute little book called Megan Hearts Baking
that was given to me by the authors. It is the journey of a young girl learning to make cupcakes for a friend’s birthday party and also includes a few recipes. It would make a sweet little Valentine’s Day present for any young girl interested in baking. The winner will be chosen Monday evening, hopefully giving me just enough time to get this in the mail for Valentine’s Day. I’ll try.
To enter:
- Just leave a comment below with what you’d like to have for Valentine’s Day.
- Make sure to leave an email or blog link with your comment so I can contact you if you win.
- Deadline to enter is Monday, February 9th at 5:00 pm.
- I’ll announce the winner sometime Monday evening on this blog post.* The winner will be chosen at random using the random.org integer generator.
And don’t forget to enter the other giveaway announced today. Hurry… there’s not much time on this one either.
Time’s up.
Thanks for sharing all your Valentine wishes. They were all very sweet. They made me smile and some even made me a little teary-eyed. I really hope each and every one of you have a Happy Valentine’s Day!
Now for the winner of the Megan Hearts Baking book. It’s comment #72!
Congratulations Julie … I hope you have someone sweet to give it to.
For Valentine I would like for my son to get better
someone to spend the day with…
I would love to have one day of pure pampering!
for valentine’s day i would be baking a special easy valentine treat with my adorable 6-year old daughter who also loves baking…
I’d like to ask how many grams is the 1 box cake mix?
I would love a nice dinner and some quiet time with my husband – other gifts are not required lol
Although some butter cake from Mastros would be AMAZING!
There’s something very appropriate about splurging on V-day. I’d love salad greens with roasted golden beats and goat cheese, ribeye w/smashed potatoes, and Chocolate creme brulé for dessert. Or, just take me to Bistro Roca in Blowing Rock, NC.
For valentines day all I want is to spend the day doing crafts, playing and eating yummy goodies with my adorable little girl. Maybe even throw a nap in there ;)
kjbozeman2@gmail.com
i would love to make these, but i would not use cake mix.
i would just make my own cake.
I could have sworn you had a homemade recipe for red velvet cookies where you used coco… I loved those cookies and can not fined the recipe :(
I would like to have $100. $50 to give my son. He is 26 and disabled and left me the sweetest valentine I’ve ever received. It said. Mom, Happy Valentines. You were my first valentine. I love you soooo much. He would be able to buy something for himself.
The other $50 would be for my daughter. She is amazing. She is currently in school full time (studying to be a PA) and works 26 hrs a week in a hospice center. Recently marrying they don’t have any extra money. So this would allow them to go out for a Valentine dinner.
Donna
looks really easy thanks for rescipe…
Just to be happy always
For Valentines Day I would like to have all four of us sit down to dinner together….and stay sitting down the whole time. And some time to go to the library alone.
What I would Love for Valentines Day is a Cute Cupcake Apron! Weird! I know! Lol. I don’t have an Apron & I already have Kitchen Clothes & Oven Mitts with Cupcakes =) & A New Bakerella Book! =)
I’m a teacher and am looking for some Valentine ideas for my students and coworkers.
I would love to have a nice homemade dinner from my boyfriend for Valentines Day.
i love it v-day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These turned out AMAZING! Made them for Christmas festivities. Thank you for another great recipe! <3
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those look delicious. I should make those sometime
I love this website. Very inspiring!
I have made these for Valentine too….and I am making them again and again and again
I love it all! But the heart shaped Oreo Cakesters are the way I’d go, what a great idea!! I linked this up on my blog: http://vixenmade.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-valentines-day.html
I love getting those sweet, messy contraction paper valentines from the little sweethearts and a box of (what else?) special chocolates or truffles from my big sweetheart!
I would like to have more time to prepare and try some of these super ideas for Valentine treats. Love the Oreo cakesters and heart cutter. My granddaughter, 6, would love that. Easy cleanup! Just nibble. Will have to get the book for a later treat. Thanks.
how much applesauce would replace half the butter in the cake/cookie recipe?
What a wonderful gift for my granddaughter to get her started
on making cute desserts.
V- Day means LOVE.
For Valentines Day, I woud love to see my family!!! Being away at college makes it hard to see them!
For Valentines Day I would like to share some of my desserts with everyone of my family and friends!!!
For Valentine’s Day I would like to see my grandchildren, maybe take them to the park and enjoy this beautiful weather we are having here in Tucson, Arizona.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, and thank you for the great recipes!
KimberliKRealtor@aol.com
I’d love to get roses~yellow ones with pink tips. I only get roses at Valentine’s Day and I love them, so I look forward to it.
I’d love to go to the beach for Valentine’s Day with my sweet hubby. Valentine’s is our Anniversary as well. I love the day!
Just a nice day with my husband and kids
For V-Day, l would like the guy who is destined to be my husband; to proclaim his love for me openly and creatively.
For Valentine’s. Day I would love to have a party in my class. Oh it is just about my favorite time of the year as a teacher. We normally have a PJ party and get rather silly. We dance and eat sweets at the end of the day. Thanks for the ideas!
for valentines day i would like to be surrounded with all my sweets :)
Love your site. I’d like some quiet time with my husband for Valentine’s day. With five kids, that is hard to find :)
I make the red velvet sandwich cookies over and over again. They are always a hit anywhere I take them. Thank you so much for the recipe! You are the best, Bakerella!
the filling is also great as a fruit dip!!!! This was an excellent recipe!!! everyone loved it!!! thanks bakerella!!!
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You are absolutely amazing! You are one of my idols I look up to. I cannot wait to try this recipe. I am from Australia and I love oreo cakesters! Thank you for being you! x
I baked the cookies and froze them ahead of time. I even iced them while they were still frozen. It worked great. Everyone loved them.
Does anyone know if the cake portion of these can be frozen so that I can make them ahead of time?
Angie
I made strawberry ones for Valentine’s day this year! Thanks so much for this recipe. It’s totally fab.
Here’s a link to pics ^^
http://omgpan.blogspot.com/2011/02/strawberry-sandwich-cookies.html
I just made the red velvet sandwhiches for the first time today…they were sooo decliciouss!! Bringing them to work tomorrow–we’ll see what my co-workers think! =)
Will the ingredients be the same for the chocolate cake mix.. was thinking of doing this with chocolate cake and nutella… what do you think?