This double chocolate cookie cake is thick, fudgy and filled with chocolate chips. It has a chewy texture in the middle with slightly crispy edges. Decorate with chocolate frosting - this giant chocolate cookie is the perfect birthday cake if you love chocolate.
1cupchocolate chipsI used ½ cup dark chocolate chips and ½ cup white chocolate chips
Frosting
½cupunsalted butter softened
1 - 1 ½ cupspowdered sugar
¼cupcocoa powder
¼teaspoonsalt
1-2tablespoonsmilk or cream
Instructions
Cookie Cake
Preheat the oven to 350F (180C or 160C on a fan-forced oven).
Lightly grease a 9-inch (23-cm) springform pan. Then lined the bottom with a round of parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth.
Beat in the egg, additional egg yolk and vanilla extract.
Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture. I typically do this about ½ at a time, fist stirring the mixture by hand and then using an electric mixer.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
Spoon the dough into the lined pan and spread/press it down into an even layer.
Bake in the preheated oven for 24-28 minutes, or until the top looks set and an inserted toothpick comes out clean or with a few crumbs.
Cool in the pan. Cool the cake fully if planning to frost it.
Chocolate Frosting & Decorating
Beat the butter until creamy.
With the mixer on low speed, beat in 1 cup powdered sugar.
Mix in the cocoa powder and salt, starting with the mixer on a low speed and then increasing to a higher speed.
Beat in the rest of the powdered sugar about ½ cup at a time, alternating with 1 or 2 tablespoons of cream.
Trace around the outer edge of the cookie cake, then unclamp the springform pan. Lift the cookie cake out of the pan and remove the parchment paper. Place the cookie cake on the plate you plan to serve it on.*
Transfer the frosting to a piping bag with a piping tip (I used a 1M tip), and pipe around the edges of the pan.
Notes
Baking Pan: This recipe can also be made in a 9-inch pie plate. Lightly grease the pan (there is no need to line the bottom with parchment paper). If baking in a pie plate, do not need to remove the cookie cake from the pan before serving.
Eggs: You'll need 2 eggs in total - 1 full egg, and just the egg yolk of the second egg.
Storage: Keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Nutrition: Nutrition details are an estimate only and based on 1 slice with frosting, assuming the cookie cake is sliced into 8 equal-sized pieces. You could likely get 10 slices from this recipe.