Get your tall glasses of milk ready because we’re making layers upon layers of chocolate chip cookies. Today’s chocolate chip cookie layer cake is a taller version of our chocolate chip cookie cake. Using soft chocolate chip cookies as the starting point, we simply increase the recipe to yield 5 ultra-thick and chewy cookie cake layers. (We tested this recipe using chewy chocolate chip cookies, but it yielded very dense layers. That recipe is best as regular cookies.) You’ll appreciate this chocolate chip cookie layer cake because it’s:
Easy and fuss-free Super chocolatey Fun and simple—no confusing steps, hours of preparation, or complicated ingredients A dessert recipe the whole family can prepare and enjoy together Chocolate chip cookies + cake together
Chocolate Chip Cookie Layer Cake Details
Texture: This chocolate chip cookie layer cake does NOT taste like cake—it’s more like thick chocolate chip cookies. Each cookie layer has crispy edges and super soft centers. Flavor: Each bite combines thick and soft chocolate chip cookies with creamy peanut butter chocolate frosting. We like to serve it with vanilla or coffee flavored ice cream. Ease: For a towering cake, the process is pretty straightforward. You make the cookie cake batter/dough and divide it between however many pans you have available. After the cakes bake, set them aside to cool while you prepare the frosting. Then you assemble the layers of cake and frosting. Time: This recipe usually takes about 3 hours in total, but this ultimately depends on the number of pans you have. We use three 6-inch pans and had to bake the cookies in a couple batches. If you have more pans, you won’t need as much time or if you have fewer pans, it’ll take longer.
Choosing a Frosting for Chocolate Chip Cookie Layer Cake
We pair this cookie cake with chocolate peanut butter frosting (it is so good!), but here are some other popular choices if you want to switch things up:
Vanilla Buttercream Chocolate Buttercream Peanut Butter Frosting Cream Cheese Frosting Strawberry Buttercream Homemade Rainbow Chip Frosting
Each of these frosting recipes makes enough for most cake-size options: a 6-inch 5-layer cake; a 6-inch 3-layer cake; a 9-inch 3-layer cake; or a 9-inch 2-layer cake. If you make a 2- or 3-layer cake, you’ll have plenty of frosting for the filling, top, and sides. If you make a 6-inch 5-layer cake (pictured), you’ll have enough frosting for the filling and top but not quite enough for the sides. It’ll be naked cake style.
Alternate Pan Sizes
We love 6-inch cake recipes because they seem less overwhelming than 9-inch layer cakes. You still have a lot of fun stacking and decorating, but there won’t be quite as much cake. If you don’t have 6-inch cake pans or a special occasion requiring a mile-high dessert, consider these alternate-sized options:
Prepare the recipe as is and bake in three 9-inch cake pans. Layers will be thinner than pictured. Halve the recipe and bake in two 9-inch cake pans. Layers will be very thin. Halve the recipe and bake in three 6-inch cake pans.
We include instructions for each size in the recipe notes below. If you’re in the market for 6-inch cake pans, we use and love these. Absolutely. However, you should chill the cookie dough for at least 2 hours before scooping/shaping and baking. The bake time and yield depends on the cookie size. This recipe makes a lot of dough, so expect a lot of cookies. Be sure to try my single-layer sugar cookie cake, too—a smaller scale recipe that’s perfect for any birthday or celebration.
More Chocolate Dessert Recipes
Chocolate Cake Flourless Chocolate Cake Chocolate Cupcakes Peanut Butter Chocolate Lava Cakes & Chocolate Lava Cakes Dark Chocolate Mousse Cake Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownie Bars
See Your Chocolate Chip Cookie Layer Cakes!
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