

This recipe alone is worth baking the entire cake. By that point, it should be firm and easy to crumble on top. Once the cake is baked and assembled, this cookie dough will act as the topping. Transfer the rest of the dough into the fridge to chill completely. Then, carefully spread the cake batter on top until you can no longer see the cookie dough. They should be evenly distributed all around the cake (see picture above). Then, press 5 cookie dough “patties” into each cake pan. To bake them into the cake, first evenly distribute the cake batter between 3 8-inch round cake pans. This will keep them nice and soft (but not too melty) as the cake bakes. These will be baked inside the cake so it’s important that they’re somewhat cold before pressing them into the batter. Gently press each ball into a small disk shape about 1/2 an inch thick and place them in the fridge. Using a small cookie scoop (about 1 1/2 tbsp amount) scoop 15 balls onto a plate lined with wax paper. Using regular chocolate chips could lead to a clunky cake with too many large pockets of chocolate. They blend seamlessly into the dough and the cake to create the perfect texture. It’s also important to use mini chocolate chips. This is an eggless recipe that’s comprised of the usual cookie dough ingredients:Īll of these ingredients are mixed together to create a cookie dough that’s dense and easily moldable. You’ll start baking all kinds of treats into your cakes!īut for this recipe, it all starts with the cookie dough.
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How to bake cookie dough into a layer cakeĪfter learning how to bake cookie dough into a layer cake, the options are endless. I’m sharing a super simple recipe to ensure yours turns out perfect! Part 4: Chocolate ganache – The entire cake comes together when you pour over that layer of chocolate ganache on top. Flour and brown sugar are added to the buttercream to give you that cookie dough flavor. This entire cake is smothered in a delicious cookie dough buttercream that tastes just as good as the real thing. Part 3: Cookie dough buttercream – Oh yeah, the cookie dough doesn’t stop at the cake layers. In the end you’re left with a super soft and rich vanilla cake baked with chocolate chips. Part 2: Chocolate chip vanilla cake – You might be thinking that’s A LOT of butter for a cake recipe, but this cake needs to be fairly dense and rich to hold up to the globs of cookie dough baked in. Part 1: Cookie dough globs – Making the cookie dough is the first step in this recipe because it’s pressed into the cake layers and used as decoration on top of the cake, therefore it needs to chill before adding it to the cake. There are 4 major parts to this cake that help make it the BEST cookie dough cake: No one expects cookie dough AND cake to be in a single bite. It’s rich, sweet, and comprised of a super rich and buttery cake AND globs of cookie dough.īut with that being said, it’s the perfect cake to bake for special occasions because it is an absolute show stopper.
