Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake

This recipe is courtesy of Laura at Living Beyond Allergies.

This cake is the ULTIMATE cake for cookie lovers. Rich vanilla cake is filled with mini chocolate chips, filled with a cookie dough frosting, and topped off in a sweet vanilla milk buttercream. And more chocolate chips, of course! If you have a major sweet tooth, this cake is for you!

A real showstopper of a cake, it is made from 3 easy to make components.

Part 1: The vanilla chocolate chip cake. Starting with a delicious vanilla cake mix, you add extra vanilla and chocolate chips to get a super soft and flavor packed cake.

Part 2: Chocolate chip cookie dough frosting. This cookie dough is safe to eat and really brings home the cookie dough flavor for this cake! No one expects cookie dough in a cake, and with it in between the layers of cake, it is a sweet surprise!

Part 3: Vanilla Milk Frosting. A cool and cream vanilla buttercream frosting infused with your safe milk to add that touch of milk & cookies flavor.

Let’s get baking!

Tools Needed:

Mixing bowls
Mixing spoons
Measuring spoons
Measuring cups
Hand / Stand Mixer
Piping Bag
Spatula
Two 8-inch round cake pans
Parchment Paper
Whisk

Cake Ingredients Needed:

2 Vanilla Cake Mixes
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 cups your safe milk
7 tbsp canola oil
3/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips (Enjoy Life is my favorite)

Cookie Dough Frosting Ingredients Needed:

1/3 cup your safe flour
1/2 cup your safe butter
1-2 tbsp your safe milk
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
2 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch salt

White Frosting Ingredients Needed:

1 Vanilla Frosting Mix
1/2 cup your safe butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
2-3 tbsp your safe milk
1 cup mini chocolate chips for decorating

Chocolate Chip Cakes Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 350F. Lightly spray and line your two cake pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a small bowl, stir together your safe milk and apple cider vinegar. Let rest for 5 minutes.
In a large bowl with a whisk, pour the vanilla cake mix, milk and vinegar, and canola oil. Mix well. Add the mini chocolate chips, making sure to stir all the way to the bottom of the bowl to incorporate them well.
Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 28-30 minutes or until cakes have pulled slightly away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
Set cakes aside to cool completely.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting Instructions:

In a large bowl with a hand mixer, or a stand mixer, combine the room temperature safe butter with brown sugar and powdered sugar. Mix on medium high until light and fluffy.
Add your safe flour and mix well. If you are concerned about eating raw flour, you can bake the flour in a 350F oven for 5 minutes to make it safe.
Finally, add the vanilla, salt, chocolate chips, and milk and mix. Set aside until ready to frost the cake.

Vanilla Frosting Instructions:

In a large bowl with a hand mixer, or a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, combine your safe butter with shortening and mix on medium-high for 4-5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add the contents of the vanilla frosting pack. Mix on slow, adding your safe milk as needed until a creamy frosting is achieved.

To assemble cake:

Remove a cake from it’s cooled pan and set on a cake stand or plate. Gently frost the top of the cake with the cookie dough frosting.
Place the second cake on top of the cookie dough frosting, making sure to have the cakes as level as possible.
Frost top and sides of cake with vanilla frosting. Sprinkle with more mini chocolate chips as desired

This cake is kept in a container in the fridge for up to 4 days after fully assembled. You can make and freeze the cakes ahead of time. Wrapped tightly, the prepared cakes should keep for up to 3 months in the freezer. Make sure to allow it to thaw before decorating and enjoying.

Be sure to check out other delicious cake recipes like Marble Cake, Lemon Cake, or Salted Caramel Cake as well!

Thank you Laura for sharing this delicious recipe! Go check out her blog Living Beyond Allergies and give her a follow on social media too!

Let’s get baking!