Tender vanilla cake layers filled with creamy vanilla bean whipped white chocolate ganache and crunchy Biscoff cookie butter, all covered in the silkiest, smoothest, dreamiest cookie butter Swiss meringue buttercream.When it comes to cake, chocolate is almost always the obvious answer for me. So when a dear friend requested vanilla cake for her birthday, I didn't just want a good vanilla cake, but one that people could fall in love with the way we chocoholics fall in love with a chocolate cake. Naturally, I turned to my favorite vanilla cookie for inspiration---the Biscoff vanilla cream sandwich cookie. This 6-inch, 3-layer cake is composed of soft, tender vanilla cake layers, crunchy cookie butter, fluffy vanilla bean whipped white chocolate ganache, and silky-smooth cookie butter Swiss meringue buttercream. It is heavenly. The sweet, delicate, warm vanilla flavor harmonizes with and enhances the caramelized, nutty flavor of Biscoff. As tempting as it is to turn this into a chocolate ...
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