Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

 

 

 

To-die-for easy homemade cookie cake with chocolate chips. This rich, chewy, giant cookie cake recipe is perfect for birthdays and special celebrations!

Ingredients

FOR THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE:

·  1 cup all-purpose flour

·  1 cup white whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour

·  3/4 teaspoon baking soda

·  1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg — optional

·  10 tablespoons unsalted butter — softened to room temperature

·  2/3 cup packed light brown sugar

·  1/4 cup granulated sugar

·  1 teaspoon kosher salt

·  1 large egg — plus 1 egg yolk, at room temperature

·  1 tablespoon whole milk*

·  2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

·  1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING (OPTIONAL):

·  1 1/2 cups powdered sugar — plus 2 tablespoons

·  1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

·  6 tablespoons unsalted butter — softened to room temperature

·  2 tablespoons whole milk*

·  1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder — optional—it will intensify the chocolate flavor without making the frosting taste like coffee

·  1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

·  Pinch kosher salt — to taste

 

·  Pinch kosher salt — to taste

Instructions

1.     For the Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, and nutmeg.

2.     In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer, beat together the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and the salt on medium speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Add the whole egg, beating for 1 minute and stopping to scrape down the bowl before adding the egg yolk. Beat for another minute and scrape down the bowl again. Beat in the milk and vanilla.

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