CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

This is the final chocolate chip cookie cake with cream cheese frosting. it's miles 3 layers of deep dish chocolate chip cookies which have been slathered with cream cheese frosting between the layers.  this is a cake as a way to satisfy any cookie monster. 

This is a hovering tower of large, chewy, deep dish chocolate chip cookies. but it doesn’t forestall there. We filled the cookie cake layers with a creamy, light, and fluffy cream cheese frosting then drizzled with a rich chocolate sauce.

The cookie base is wet, chewy and chocolatey. The center is simply barely beneath-baked. however no longer so below-baked that you may’t stack it in a layered cake monument.

We loaded this chocolate chip cookie cake with chocolate chips. As any chocolate chip cookie need to be. The frosting is a great fit for this cake. it is a now not-too-candy however oh-so-decadent cream cheese frosting. Then a rich chocolate drizzle places this masterpiece over the top.

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. armness oven to 350°F. put together 3 8-inch round cake pans through spraying them with non-stick cooking spray and lining them with parchment paper.
2. Whisk the flour, salt, and baking soda collectively in a medium bowl. Set apart
3. soften the butter then area it in a blending bowl. add the sugars to the melted butter and beat until blended. upload the eggs, egg yolks, and vanilla. Beat until creamy.
4. Stir the flour combination in by hand. Do no longer over-blend. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Divide the batter into the three pans. vicinity within the pre-heated oven and bake for 18 to twenty until the tops are a light golden brown.
6. Set on a cord rack to cool.

Cream cheese frosting:

1. Upload the cream cheese and butter to a blending bowl and beat on excessive pace until it's miles easy and creamy.
2. Upload in the vanilla and salt and blend simply until nicely combined.
3. Upload the powdered sugar and beat on low pace until the sugar is moistened then growth the velocity. Beat for a couple of minutes scraping down the perimeters and backside of the bowl intermittently. while the frosting is clean and creamy, set aside and prepare the chocolate topping.

Chocolate ganache topping:

1. Upload the chopped chocolate to a small bowl. warmth the heavy cream just till it slightly simmers then pour the hot cream over the chocolate.
2. Allow the chocolate and warm cream sit for 30 seconds to 1 mins then stir it until it's miles clean. Set the mixture aside and let it cool down to room temperature.

Assemble the cookie cake

1. Once the cookie desserts are cool, stack them on pinnacle of every other with a slathering of cream cheese frosting in among every layer. Reserve a small quantity of cream cheese frosting to pipe on top of the assembled cake.
2. Drizzle the top and aspects of the cake with the chocolate ganache.

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