It’s the second week of January and I guess I’m a little behind the rest of y’all in settling back into a routine. December is chaotic for me with parties, baking, shopping, Christmas, and all of the birthdays (2 out of our family of 4 are December babies).
So as tempting as it might have been to just throw some candles on one of the leftover Christmas pies, I just couldn’t do it. Lucky for me my husband is easily pleased and his birthday dessert request was chocolate chip cookies. To me, chocolate chip cookies aren’t much of a special birthday treat so I wanted to make his day a little more special by doing something unexpected.
What could make the modest chocolate chip cookie more birthday appropriate than to turn it into a chocolate chip cookie cake? While I would otherwise make my homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe, I decided to cut corners with this one and go with refrigerated cookie dough. This cookie cake was so moist and delicious there’s no way I would have known it wasn’t homemade if I hadn’t made it myself.
Obviously the idea for a cookie cake isn’t entirely original since there are businesses specializing in the cookie cake at almost every mall across the country. But not wanting to pay the hefty price tag or fight the post-Christmas shopping/exchanging crowds I decided to try out my own version and it was an overwhelming success!
While it’s pretty straight forward, I never would have know it would be successful until I tried it myself. Sometimes a different perspective and an updated presentation is all you need to really need to take chocolate chip cookies to a new level.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe
Ingredients
1 large roll refrigerated cookie dough
1 can chocolate frosting
1 can white frosting
Instructions
1. Preheat oven according to cookie dough package or recipe.
2. Firmly press cookie dough into 9-inch cake pan.
3. Using the prepared cookie dough, my cookie cake took approximately 12 minutes until it was completely perfect – browned but still soft and chewy.
4. Wait until cooled completely and then using a piping bag and tip (I used a Wilton #18 tip) and alternate frosting colors to replicate the look of those big cookie companies.
5. Cut with a pizza cutter, serve, and enjoy!
For more birthday cake inspiration, check out the Cars birthday cake I made. These made not be decorated perfectly, but they sure do taste good and I tried!
I love how you decorated it, so tasty!
Now that is my kind of cake! Yum!
This is totally making me hungry! I’d never think to use refrigerated cookie dough to make a cake!
Easy peasy and looks amazing.
Great idea! I love chocolate chip cookies.
<y daughter was asking for this for her birthday! Thanks!
This looks delicious. I bet kids love it too!
These are so easy and fun to make
I LOVE cookie cakes- definitely trying this!
This is a great idea!!!
What a great idea. My husband loves these things!
we often do cookie “cakes” for birthdays. They’re easy & delicious!
I love cookie cakes, they are perfect for small gatherings.
Looks so yummy!
Oh my, this looks delicious. I was at a birthday party with the boys last summer and they served a chocolate chip cookie cake & to be honest it was the first time I’d ever had one. I actually liked it better than “real” cake.
Very cute. I made one of these for valentines day one year. I think I’ll do it again!
I am getting to the point in my life that a big cake isn’t necessary either. For my last birthday (right before Christmas) I told my hubby to pick up a few cupcakes from our local place that also make gluten free cupcakes and we had that. It was perfect.
we love cookie cakes. usually we buy them but this seems a a great recipe to try at home
Love it! So easy yet you made it look so special!
That looks so good!
Oh yum! I’m really craving sweets but doing so well on my “eating healthier” lifestyle:)
Wow, that looks absolutely yummy!
That looks so good! My mom makes a cookie pie that I love. Good for you for making a new cake. We have a lot of December birthdays in our family too (including one on Christmas day), so we know how important it is to still make the birthdays special.
I can practically taste that. I need a huge slice!
This looks great! My oldest doesn’t like cake much, we should try this for her upcoming birthday.
This looks fast and easy! My husband doesn’t like cake (crazy, right?), but I bet he’d LOVE this!
Cookie cakes are great, especially for those who don’t like cake much.
Same thing Sarah said in the comments above me, my hubby doesn’t like cake much at all, but he does like choc. chip cookies, so I bet this would be a hit here too.
This looks DELICIOUS! My son’s 4th birthday is coming up and his favorite dessert is cookies, so this will be perfect! Thanks for sharing!