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Pumpkin Cookie Dough Cake

Author The Cupcake Chronicles

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree

Cookie dough

  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter room temp
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

buttercream

  • 2 sticks unsalted butter room temp
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 2-3 tbsp milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. For the cake layer beat together the sugar and oil until light and fluffy. Add in eggs 1 at a time
  • Slowly add in flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon
  • Stir in the pumpkin
  • Line 3 six inch cake pans with parchment paper and divide the batter between them.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Let cool 10 minutes before flipping onto a cooling rack

Cookie dough

  • Using a stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugars
  • Add milk and vanilla and mix until combined. Mix in flour and chocolate chips. Set aside.

buttercream

  • Beat butter until light and fluffy. Add in vanilla. Slowly add in powdered sugar and continue to beat.
  • Add in milk 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.

Assembly

  • Once cake layers are cool level them so they are flat. Pipe a border of buttercream around the outside of the first layer. Fill in the hole with cookie dough. Its easiest to do this by taking some cookie dough and flattening it in your hand and then placing it into the hole until full. Top with more icing and continue to do the same thing with the remaining 2 layers.