Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Kitty FloridoFebruary 6, 2020

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When friends have a birthday you now which cake is their favorite. What happens when new friends share their fave, and you have no idea what it is? At work, buried in a conversation we learned that a cookie cake is what our friend Patty had in mind as a perfect celebration treat. When the time of her birthday came, we wondered… what’s a cookie cake? Was it something like this icebox cake? Or a small cookie-tower cake? After doing some quick but handy research, I went with option 3: a big big cookie.

Searching high and low for a good recipe – not just baking one big cookie, I found this perfection from Sally’s Baking Addiction. She has good reliable recipes that will not disappoint. A few days after I baked the cookie cake, I was asked to bake it once again. This time, I was able to ask a friend to tag along since she had a few questions on baking cookies. In case you’re having trouble with cookies, here are a few tips I shared with her: The first thing you need to do, is have your butter at the right temperature. One video that helped her was this one from the wonderful Ed Kimber (@theboywhobakes), an Great British Bake-Off alumni. There, Ed explains how soft the butter needs to be.

The tip is to remember that the butter needs to be soft to the touch, but not too greasy – if its overly greasy then you need to chill it back for a little bit. In the recipe directions, you should be prompted for an approximate time for beating or creaming the butter. This recipe, calls for one minute of butter beating, then adding the sugar and beat for an additional minute. Also it’s very important that you let the butter and sugar combine to perfection, so when you add the eggs, you add it one at a time and allow them to bind with the butter mix before adding anything else.

After that, it’s basically making a classic chocolate chip cookie. For decoration, I used a Wilton 1M tip, to make the big chocolate stars and added a bit of nonpareils for color. This cookie cake is best served in small portions and if you want to take it over the top, serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Kitty

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Recipe slightly adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction
Makes 12-14 servings

Ingredients:
¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg + 1 yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
½ cup white chocolate chips
chocolate buttercream frosting

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9-inch pie dish with nonstick spray and set aside.
In the large bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat the butter for 1 minute on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add the brown sugar and beat on medium speed for an additional minute.
Then, one at the time and mixing well in-between additions, add the egg, the egg yolk, and vanilla. Mix all on medium-high speed until combined. Make sure to scrape down both the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
In a separate bowl, whisk together or sift the all-purpose flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt.
Add to the bowl with the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until combined. The dough will be thick. Add the chocolate chips and mix for about 5 seconds until evenly distributed.
Press the cookie dough evenly into the prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the cake is lightly golden brown and when you use a toothpick to test for doneness it comes out clean. After the first 15 minutes, cover loosely with aluminum foil to avoid heavy browned edges.
Remove from the oven and set on a wire rack to cool completely.
For the decoration, I used ⅓ of a chocolate frosting tube (store bought) and added a bit of sprinkles to give it a nice festive touch. The cookie cake keeps fresh when covered tightly at room temperature for up to 3 days.

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