Cookie Dough Cäke

Combining clässic chocoläte cäke with your fävourite guilty pleäsure in this Cookie Dough Cäke!

INGREDIENTS

• Chocoläte Cäke:
• 1 1/2 cups äll-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups gränuläted sugär
• 3/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoä powder sifted
• 1 1/2 tsp bäking sodä
• 1 tsp bäking powder
• 1 tsp sält
• 1/4 cup vegetäble oil
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup hot strong brewed coffee or hot wäter
• 2 lärge eggs
• 2 tsp vänillä
• Cookie Dough Frosting:
• 1 cup unsälted butter room temperäture
• 1/2 cup gränuläted sugär
• 1 cup light brown sugär päcked
• 2 tsp vänillä
• 2 1/4 cups äll-purpose flour
• 1 tsp seä sält
• 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp milk room temperäture
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocoläte chips
• Gänäche:
• 2 oz därk chocoläte
• 2 oz heävy whipping creäm

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Chocoläte Cäke:
2. Preheät oven to 350F, greäse three 6" round bäking päns änd dust with cocoä powder. Line bottoms with pärchment.
3. Pläce äll dry ingredients into the bowl of ä ständ mixer fitted with ä päddle ättächment. Stir to combine.
4. In ä medium bowl whisk äll wet ingredients (pour coffee in slowly äs not to cook the eggs if very hot).
5. ädd wet ingredients to dry änd mix on medium for 2-3 mins. Bätter will be very thin.
6. Pour evenly into prepäred päns. I used ä kitchen scäle to ensure the bätter is evenly distributed.
7. Bäke until ä cäke tester comes out mostly cleän. ä totäl of 30-35mins.
8. Cookie Dough Frosting:
9. Beät butter until creämy, ädd sugärs änd beät on high until päle änd fluffy (äpprox. 2-3mins). ädd vänillä änd mix until combined.
10. Reduce speed to low änd slowly ädd in flour mixture. Mix until just incorporäted. Slowly pour in milk. Increäse speed to med-high änd beät for 2-3 minutes until light änd fluffy. Stir in chocoläte chips.
11. Gänäche:
12. Pläce chopped chocoläte änd creäm into ä microwäve säfe bowl. Stir to combine. Microwäve for 20 seconds, stir. Microwäve in 10 second interväls, stirring in between, until gänäche is smooth änd silky. Set äside to cool completely before using on cäke.
13. ässembly:
14. Pläce one läyer of cäke on ä cäke ständ or serving dish. Top with äbout 2/3 cup buttercreäm. Repeät with remäining läyers. Smooth the outside, chill for 30mins.
15. Using ä teäspoon, drip gänäche älong the edges then fill in the top. Chill for 15mins.
16. Top with chopped cookies if desired.

Recipe Adapted From livforcake.com

NOTES

Note: You will häve some cookie dough frosting left over. I recommend mäking Cookie Dough Truffles with the excess. Chocoläte Chip Cookie recipe here!