Milk and Cookies Cake

5 from 29 votes

Loaded with chocolate chips and rich vanilla, this beautiful, decadent dessert is called Milk and Cookies Cake for good reason.

Prep Time45

Cook Time35

Total Time1 20

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate chip cake, chocolate chip cookie cake, layer cake recipe

Servings: servings

Calories: 1295kcal

Author: Jill

Ingredients

Chocolate chip vanilla cake

Ingredients

4 1/2 C flour
4 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 1/2 C unsalted butter softened
3 C sugar
6 large eggs
3 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 C whole milk
3 C semi sweet chocolate chips
3 9 inch round cake pans
1 cake leveler
1 12 inch cake board

Chocolate chip frosting ingredients

1 C unsalted butter softened
3/4 C light brown sugar
1 C powdered sugar
1 C flour
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 C whole milk
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
1 C mini chocolate chips

Vanilla Frosting Ingredients

2 C unsalted butter softened
5 C powdered sugar
2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
5-8 tbsp heavy whipping cream
1 piping bag with a star tip
Chocolate chip cookies

Instructions

Cake Directions

Preheat oven to 350, spray cake pan with baking spray. Set aside
In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined. Set aside.
Using a standing mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time until combined after each egg
Beat in the vanilla extract
Alternate adding flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with flour and mix until well combined
Fold in 3 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
Divide the batter between the three pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Place cakes on wire rack to cool for 10mins then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely

Chocolate Chip frosting

In a standing mixer, cream the brown sugar, powdered sugar and softened butter until combined
Beat in the vanilla extract
Gradually beat in the flour until combined
Slowly beat in the milk until the consistency is what you like
Fold in 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Vanilla frosting

Using a standing mixer, beat together all ingredients until combined and smooth, about 5 minutes
Set aside
Decorating directions
Using a cake leveler, cut the domes off the cake slices
Place one cake slice onto a 12 inch round cake board
Scoop out 1 1/2 C of the chocolate chip frosting onto the cake slice and smooth evenly with a angled spatula
Place the second cake slice onto the chocolate chip frosting
Repeat steps with another 1 1/2 C chocolate chip frosting
Place the last cake slice onto the second layer of chocolate chip cookie dough
Scoop 2 C of vanilla frosting onto the top of the cake and smooth evenly with the angled spatula
Frost the sides of the cake
Scoop remaining frosting into the piping bag
Pipe dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake
Place a chocolate chip cookie into the frosting dollops
Enjoy with a large glass of milk!

Notes

PRO-TIP: I highly recommend heat treating your flour before mixing it into the recipe. You can do this by microwaving the flour for 1 minute and 15 seconds (stopping and mixing it after 15-second intervals). This is good for heating the flour to prevent any bacteria.

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