Description
This incredible triple chocolate cookie cake is made up of a rich chocolate cookie base loaded with chocolate chips and topped with a rich chocolate buttercream. It’s the perfect cookie cake for chocolate lovers!
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookie Cake
- 1 1/4 cups (163g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (57g) natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 3/4 cup (168g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (112g) packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (104g) sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups (211g) chocolate chips
Chocolate Buttercream
- 1/2 cup (112g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups (201g) powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup (29g) natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1–2 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
Make the Cookie Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) and line the bottom of a 9 inch cake pan with parchment paper and grease the sides.
- In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- Add the butter and sugars to a large mixer bowl and beat together until light in color and fluffy in texture, about 2-3 minutes. Do not skimp on the creaming time.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and beat just until combined. Use your spatula to gently finish combining everything to keep from over mixing the cookie dough.
- Fold in the chocolate chips. The cookie dough will be thick.
- Spread the dough evenly into the prepared cake pan. Press a few more chocolate chips into the top of the cookie cake, if desired.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until it looks baked, but still wiggles a little when you jiggle it.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely in the cake pan, then transfer to a serving plate.
Make the Buttercream
- To make the buttercream, add the butter to a large mixer bowl and beat until well combined and smooth.
- Add about half of the powdered sugar and mix until well combined and smooth.
- Add the cocoa powder, vanilla extract and a tablespoon of cream and mix until well combined and smooth.
- Add the rest of the powdered sugar and mix until smooth. Add more cream to get the right consistency.
- Add the buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a piping tip (I used Ateco 844) and pipe swirls of frosting around the outer edge of the cake. Serve.
- Store cookie cake in an airtight container. Cookie cake is best if eaten within 3-4 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories: 585
- Sugar: 56.5 g
- Sodium: 257.6 mg
- Fat: 32.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 74.6 g
- Protein: 5.8 g
- Cholesterol: 80.4 mg