Homemade Cookie Cake Recipes

COOKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line the bottom of a 9-in. springform pan with parchment. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg, egg yolk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in chips. Press onto the bottom of prepared pan. , Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife; cool completely. Remove rim from pan. Carefully remove cookie cake from bottom pan; transfer to serving platter., In a large bowl, beat butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach piping consistency. If desired, beat in food coloring. Pipe around edge of cookie cake. If desired, garnish with sprinkles.

HOMEMADE COOKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Beat brown sugar, unsalted butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Mix in egg and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract until smooth. With the mixer on low speed, add flour, baking soda, and salt and blend until batter is just mixed. Fold chocolate chips into batter. Batter will be thick. Chill in refrigerator at least 30 minutes to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper.
• Spread batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in th preheated oven until edges are golden brown, about 20 minutes. Slightly cool cake in the pan before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Beat shortening and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Slowly beat in 3 cups confectioners' sugar until smooth. Mix water and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into confectioners' sugar mixture; add remaining confectioners' sugar and mix until buttercream is smooth. Add more water to thin, if needed.
• Spread buttercream onto cookie cake.

THE ORIGINAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Stir flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat eggs and vanilla into butter mixture until smooth. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Spread cookie batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the cake springs back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool before cutting into 2-inch squares.

BIRTHDAY COOKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
• Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt for cake in a large bowl. Add milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water; batter will be thin. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middles comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes in the pans. Invert carefully onto wire racks and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Prepare whipped cream by beating cream, sugar, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl on high speed until soft peaks form in the mixture. Stir in crushed cookies.
• Frost the cooled cake cake with whipped cream, adding some in between layers. Place cake on a paper-lined surface. Chill any unused whipped cream.
• Bring cream for glaze to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Remove from the heat and add chocolate chips; stir until melted.
• Spread glaze over the cake, allowing some to flow down over the sides. Decorate the top of the cake with remaining crushed cookies. Pipe any remaining whipped cream on the top and around the edges of the cake.