Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake

这篇文章肯定有点延迟，但是迟到总比没有好，对吗？I’ve received a lot of emails asking for this recipe, so here it is It’s quite an undertaking, but it’s worth it! It is made with four super moist chocolate cake layers, a cookie dough flavored buttercream, and is decorated with egg-less chocolate chip cookie dough and mini chocolate chip cookies. It took a little bit of experimenting to get this right. I had been pretty dissatisfied with most of the edible cookie dough recipes I’d come across online, so i tweaked the recipe until it as just right. I also created a simpler cookie dough buttercream, as most recipes require melting down the brown sugar. Mine is just as easy to make as regular buttercream, and in my opinion has a better cookie dough flavor!

Chocolate Cake Batter:

• 2cups all-purpose flour
• 2杯糖
• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2茶匙发酵粉
• 1½茶匙小苏打
• 1茶匙盐
• 1teaspoon espresso powder
• 1cup milk
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2eggs
• 2teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1杯沸水

饼干面团奶油：

• 2cups unsalted butter (4 sticks), at room temperature
• 1cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 6 cups powdered sugar
• 3tsp vanilla
• 1/2茶匙盐

食用巧克力曲奇面团

• 1杯无盐黄油（2杆），在室温下
• 1cup light brown sugar
• 2汤匙重奶油
• 11/2 cups flour (pasteurized in the microwave or oven)
• 1/2茶匙盐
• 1杯迷你巧克力片
• 2茶匙香草提取物

Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 2和1/4杯通用面粉
• 1tsp baking soda
• 11/2 tsp cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 在室温下1个大鸡蛋和1个蛋黄
• 2 TSP香草提取物
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350º F. Prepare four 8-inch cake pans by spraying with baking spray, and lining the bottom of the pans with parchment rounds.

将面粉，糖，可可，发酵粉，小苏打，盐和浓咖啡粉加入一个大碗或立式搅拌机的碗中。搅拌以结合或使用桨附件，通过面粉混合物搅拌直至混合良好。将牛奶，植物油，鸡蛋和香草加入面粉混合物中，并以中等速度混合在一起，直至充分混合。降低速度并小心地将沸水加入蛋糕面糊。混合直至完全合并。在准备好的蛋糕盘之间均匀分配蛋糕面糊。烘烤25-30分钟，直到中间插入牙签或蛋糕测试仪干净。从烤箱中取出，冷却约10分钟，从锅中取出，完全冷却。

Once the cake layers are out of the oven, prepare the cookie dough. Combine the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt in a large bowl. Set aside. In a medium bowl, mix the melted butter, brown sugar, and sugar together until smooth. Whisk in the egg, vanilla, then the egg yolk. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together with a large spoon or rubber spatula. The dough will be very soft, yet thick. Fold in the chocolate chips. Form 1 inch balls with the dough, and then cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats, and leave at least 2 inches of space between the cookies. Bake the cookies for 11-12 minutes. The cookies will be very soft and look a little underbaked. But don’t be scared, they will continue to bake on the cookie sheet! Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

蛋糕层和饼干冷却时，准备饼干面团糖霜。将黄油和红糖以中高速搅拌5分钟。倒入香草和盐，然后搅拌直至混合。将速度降低到中低，然后慢慢加入糖粉，一次稍微加入糖粉，直到全部合并为止。根据需要加浓奶油。将速度提高到中高，然后再打两到三分钟，直到轻巧蓬松。

对于可食用的饼干面团，将黄油和红糖奶油奶油。加入盐和香草，然后搅拌直至混合。将面粉分成两期中，在分期付款之间添加奶油，以帮助成分融合在一起。在低速或用铲中轻轻混合巧克力片。形成3/4英寸的球，冷藏以使饼干面团球牢固。

一旦准备好了所有组件，就会是组装时间！在每个蛋糕层上涂上厚厚的糖霜，然后在糖霜的顶部撒上少数可食用的饼干面团。重复，堆叠所有四层。在蛋糕的外观上涂一件面包屑外套，然后冷藏以使糖霜牢固。

Remove from fridge, and apply another coat of frosting. Smooth the frosting, then press the small baked cookies around the base of the cake. Push edible cookie dough bites around the side of the cake, and fill in some of the open space with mini chocolate chips. Form a circular cookie pyramid on top of the cake, anchoring each layer of cookies with a smear of buttercream. Use the remaining edible cookie dough to create a boarder around the top of the cake, and sprinkle white and regular chocolate chips into any open spaces, and around the boarder. And about 5 1/2 hours later, the cake is complete!!

I also made a smaller version of this cake for an order (shown above), and decided to decorate it a little bit different to keep things interesting