Totoro Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipes

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.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 14-inch, light colored, round pizza pan with parchment paper and grease the parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars.
• Add the eggs, beating well after the addition of each.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt and mix with a whisk.
• Add to the butter mixture, mixing to incorporate.
• Add the vanilla extract.
• Fold in the dark and white chips and the nuts.
• Spread across the bottom of the prepared pan and bake until the edges are golden and the cookie is set but the center is still slightly soft, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To serve, sift confectioners sugar and sweetened cocoa over the top, and cut into wedges.
• Serve sweetened whipped cream on the side.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugars together.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
• Add dry ingredients to the batter and mix until well blended.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Spread dough into a 15 1/2 inch round pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

TOTORO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preparation: The least stressful way to bake a project is to prep everything in advance. This includes two 6" sugar cookies with chocolate chips (double the recommended recipe), buttercream in two colors, raw cookie dough balls, a template of your choice and an Exacto knife for cutting out the template. In your prep, create the Totoro template.
• Making the cookies: Place a baking mat or parchment paper on a half sheet pan (a baking mat is easier because it's heavier. Spread the cookie dough across a half sheet pan and then place chocolate chips. Place a piece of parchment paper over this and then roll out the dough until desired thickness. (Pro tip: the cookie won't get any thinner than your thickest chocolate chips. If you'd like a thinner cake use mini chocolate chips.).
• Refrigerate for ½ hour until completely firm. Lightly outline the Totoro template and then peel the template away. Now make slices all the way around the cake to prep for removing. Next, you can cut by re-outlining the original template. Then remove all of the remaining pieces.
• Baking: Refrigerate the cookie for 15 minutes then bake directly. Bake until barely seeing brown around the edges. (Pro tip: because this cookie is larger it helped to have another baking sheet in the oven on the top level. Let completely cool.).
• Fill, crumb coat and frost the cake: Place the first layer of the cookie cake on a serving tray. Now pipe an outline of buttercream with a large star tip. Inside of that outline, place the chocolate chip cookie dough. Alternate to your liking.
• Making decorations: For that next-level detail I used royal icings to make the arrows in his belly.
• Final decorating: Place the second layer of the cake now. Create two outlines using an edible marker-one for Totoro's body and then the second for his belly. Pipe buttercream using star and round tips of your choice (try Wilton tip size 10 and 199). Now add his eyes (these were candies) and stomach arrows for a finishing touch! (Pro tip: for more color you could fill his belly with candy!).