🍪 Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake (Soft, Chewy & Bakery-Style)
This giant chocolate chip cookie cake is thick, soft in the center, slightly crisp on the edges, and perfect for birthdays or celebrations. It tastes like your favorite chewy cookie — just bigger and better!
🛒 Ingredients (9-inch cake)
🔹 Dry Ingredients
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2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour
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1 tsp baking soda
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½ tsp salt
🔹 Wet Ingredients
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¾ cup (170g) unsalted butter, softened
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¾ cup (150g) brown sugar (packed)
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¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
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1 large egg (room temperature)
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1 egg yolk (for extra chewiness)
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2 tsp vanilla extract
🔹 Mix-ins
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1½ cups (250g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Prep
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Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
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Line a 9-inch round cake pan with parchment paper or lightly grease it.
2️⃣ Mix Dry Ingredients
In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3️⃣ Cream Butter & Sugars
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Beat softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy (2–3 minutes).
4️⃣ Add Eggs & Vanilla
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Mix in egg and egg yolk.
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Add vanilla and beat until smooth.
5️⃣ Combine
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Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
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Mix until just combined (don’t overmix).
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Fold in chocolate chips.
6️⃣ Bake
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Press dough evenly into prepared pan.
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Bake for 20–25 minutes until edges are golden and center is just set.
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Do NOT overbake — center should look slightly soft.
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Cool completely in pan before removing.
🧁 Optional Chocolate Buttercream Frosting (For Decorating)
Ingredients
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½ cup (115g) butter, softened
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1½ cups powdered sugar
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¼ cup cocoa powder
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2–3 tbsp milk
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1 tsp vanilla
Directions
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Beat butter until creamy.
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Add powdered sugar & cocoa gradually.
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Add milk and vanilla.
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Pipe around edges of cooled cookie cake.
💡 Pro Tips
✔ Use more brown sugar than white for chewiness
✔ Slightly underbake for a soft center
✔ Add ½ cup chopped nuts for crunch
✔ Chill dough 20 minutes for thicker texture
🎉 Fun Variations
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🍫 Double Chocolate (add 2 tbsp cocoa to dough)
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🍬 M&M Cookie Cake
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🍪 Stuffed with Nutella in center
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🥜 Peanut butter swirl
If you’d like, I can also give you:
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🎂 12-inch party-size measurements
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🧁 Cookie cake bars version
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🍫 Brownie-cookie combo version
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🥛 Eggless cookie cake
Just tell me 😊