Milk and Cookies Cake
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5
Milk and Cookies Cake
Description
This cake starts with a classic vanilla sponge incorporating flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, and milk, mixed to a smooth batter with semi-sweet chocolate chips folded in. After dividing into three pans and baking until a toothpick comes out clean, the layers cool completely before assembly. The chocolate chip frosting blends brown and powdered sugars with butter and vanilla, enriched with flour for body and mini chocolate chips for bursts of texture. The vanilla frosting contains butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream to create a silky, pipeable consistency for decorating. The cake layers are frosted and stacked, then finished with vanilla buttercream decorations and topped with chocolate chip cookies for a cookie-and-cream aesthetic.
Heat treating the flour before use is recommended to reduce bacteria risk. This multi-step frosting approach ensures a rich, moist crumb contrasted with textured and smooth frostings, making it a satisfying dessert centerpiece, especially suited for celebrations or cookie lovers. Baking times and frosting consistencies are critical for best results and proper assembly.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Chocolate chip vanilla cake
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 C flour
- 4 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 1/2 C butter softened, unsalted
- 3 C sugar
- 6 egg large
- 3 tsp vanilla extract pure
- 2 C milk whole
- 3 C semi sweet chocolate chips
- 3 9 inch round cake pans
- 1 Cake leveler
- 1 12 inch cake board
Chocolate chip frosting ingredients
- 1 C butter softened, unsalted
- 3/4 C light brown sugar
- 1 C powdered sugar
- 1 C flour
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 C milk whole
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract pure
- 1 C mini chocolate chips
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients
- 2 C butter softened, unsalted
- 5 C powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract pure
- 5-8 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1 piping bag with a star tip
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
Instructions
Cake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350, spray cake pan with baking spray. Set aside
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined. Set aside.
- Using a standing mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time until combined after each egg
- Beat in the vanilla extract
- Alternate adding flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with flour and mix until well combined
- Fold in 3 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- Divide the batter between the three pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Place cakes on wire rack to cool for 10mins then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely
Chocolate Chip frosting
- In a standing mixer, cream the brown sugar, powdered sugar, salt and softened butter until combined
- Beat in the vanilla extract
- Gradually beat in the flour until combined
- Slowly beat in the milk until the consistency is what you like
- Fold in 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Vanilla frosting
- Using a standing mixer, beat together all ingredients until combined and smooth, about 5 minutes
- Set aside
- Decorating directions
- Using a cake leveler, cut the domes off the cake slices
- Place one cake slice onto a 12 inch round cake board
- Scoop out 1 1/2 C of the chocolate chip frosting onto the cake slice and smooth evenly with a angled spatula
- Place the second cake slice onto the chocolate chip frosting
- Repeat steps with another 1 1/2 C chocolate chip frosting
- Place the last cake slice onto the second layer of chocolate chip cookie dough
- Scoop 2 C of vanilla frosting onto the top of the cake and smooth evenly with the angled spatula
- Frost the sides of the cake
- Scoop remaining frosting into the piping bag
- Pipe dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake
- Place a chocolate chip cookie into the frosting dollops
- Enjoy with a large glass of milk!
Notes
- Heat treat flour by microwaving in short intervals (about 1 minute 15 seconds, stirring periodically) before use to reduce bacterial contamination risk.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 16servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1295 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 16 | |
| Calories | 1295kcal | 65% |
| Carbohydrates | 153g | 51% |
| Protein | 11g | 22% |
| Fat | 72g | 111% |
| Saturated Fat | 44g | 220% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Trans Fat | 2g | 100% |
| Cholesterol | 212mg | 71% |
| Sodium | 353mg | 15% |
| Potassium | 465mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 113g | 226% |
| Vitamin A | 1851IU | 37% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 169mg | 17% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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