CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

That is the ultimate chocolate chip cookie cake with cream cheese frosting. it's miles three layers of deep dish chocolate chip cookies that have been slathered with cream cheese frosting between the layers.  that is a cake with a view to fulfill any cookie monster. 

That is a soaring tower of massive, chewy, deep dish chocolate chip cookies. however it doesn’t prevent there. We filled the cookie cake layers with a creamy, mild, and fluffy cream cheese frosting then drizzled with a rich chocolate sauce.

The cookie base is moist, chewy and chocolatey. The center is simply slightly beneath-baked. but now not so under-baked that you can’t stack it in a layered cake monument.

INGREDIENTS

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE LAYERS

• 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/3 cups (21 tablespoons) butter
• 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

• 10 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 5 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 2-1/2 cups powdered sugar

CHOCOLATE GANACHE TOPPING

• 2 ounces semi-sweet or dark chocolate, chopped
• 1/4 cup heavy cream

INSTRUCTIONS

Make the Chocolate Chip Cookie Layer Cake

1. warmth oven to 350°F. put together three eight-inch spherical cake pans by means of spraying them with non-stick cooking spray and lining them with parchment paper.
2. Whisk the flour, salt, and baking soda together in a medium bowl. Set aside
3. melt the butter then region it in a blending bowl. upload the sugars to the melted butter and beat till combined. upload the eggs, egg yolks, and vanilla. Beat till creamy.
4. Stir the flour combination in by means of hand. Do not over-blend. Stir inside the chocolate chips.
5. Divide the batter into the three pans. location in the pre-heated oven and bake for 18 to twenty until the tops are a mild golden brown.
6. Set on a wire rack to chill.

Cream cheese frosting:

1. add the cream cheese and butter to a mixing bowl and beat on high velocity until it's far smooth and creamy.
2. upload within the vanilla and salt and blend simply until properly blended.
3. add the powdered sugar and beat on low velocity till the sugar is moistened then boom the speed. Beat for a couple of minutes scraping down the perimeters and bottom of the bowl intermittently. when the frosting is clean and creamy, set apart and prepare the chocolate topping.

Chocolate ganache topping:

1. upload the chopped chocolate to a small bowl. heat the heavy cream simply until it slightly simmers then pour the new cream over the chocolate.
2. let the chocolate and warm cream sit down for 30 seconds to one mins then stir it until it's miles easy. Set the aggregate aside and let it cool down to room temperature.

Assemble the cookie cake

1. As soon as the cookie cakes are cool, stack them on pinnacle of every different with a slathering of cream cheese frosting in among every layer. Reserve a small amount of cream cheese frosting to pipe on top of the assembled cake.
2. Drizzle the pinnacle and aspects of the cake with the chocolate ganache.

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