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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake

A vanilla chocolate chip cake filled with edible cookie dough and topped with a rich chocolate ganache!
Author The Cupcake Chronicles

Ingredients

For the cookie dough

  • 6 TBS unsalted butter softened
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 3 TBS sugar
  • 3 TBS milk
  • 1/4 cup crushed pretzels
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

For the cake

  • 1/2 cup butter room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 TBS baking powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

For the buttercream

  • 3 sticks unsalted butter room temperature
  • 6 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 TBS vanilla
  • 1 TBS heavy cream
  • 3-4 TBS milk

For the chocolate ganache

  • 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and line three 6 inch pans with parchment paper.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in the vanilla. Add in the eggs one at a time.
  • Slowly add in the dry ingredients. Pour in the milk and mix until all combined.
  • Divide batter between baking pans and bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean

Cookie Dough

  • Using a stand mixer cream together the butter and sugars.
  • Add milk and vanilla until combined. Mix in flour and chocolate chips. Store in the fridge until ready to use.

ganache

  • Heat the heavy cream until boiling. Once boiling mix in the chocolate chips until smooth. Pour out onto a cookie sheet and place in the fridge or freezer until it thickens.

Assembly

  • Level your cake layers. Pipe a border of buttercream around the top of the cake layer. This will provide an area for the ganache and cookie dough to go. Spread a layer of the ganache and top with a layer of cookie doug
  • Repeat with next layer.
  • Frost the entire cake with buttercream and garnish with the ganache and more cookie dough.