Holiday Chip Cookie Cake
- Prep Time30 mins
- Total Time1 hr 15 mins
- Makes1 6-layer cooking cake
Forgo a traditional cake in favour of this festive cookie cake!
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup holiday chips, or chocolate chip
White Chocolate Icing
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
3 cups icing sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Draw a 6-in. circle on each piece of parchment, then flip sheets over.
Stir flour with baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
Beat butter with sugar, using an electric mixer on medium-high, in a large bowl until fluffy, 2 to 3 min. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture until combined. Stir in holiday chips.
Scoop 1/2 cup batter onto each circle. Using a spatula, spread batter to the edge of the circle, keeping the top as smooth as possible. Cookies will spread slightly as they bake.
Bake in centre of oven until just golden around the edges, 10 to 12 min. Transfer to a rack to cool on baking sheet for 10 min. Remove cookies to a rack to cool completely, about 1 hour. Repeat with remaining dough.
Melt 1/2 cup of the white chocolate in a medium bowl in a microwave, 1 min. Remove and stir in remaining chocolate until smooth, 2 to 3 min. Beat in butter. Gradually beat in icing sugar until stiff peaks form.
Scoop about 1 tbsp icing onto the middle of a cake stand. Place 1 cookie on cake stand (the icing will help it stay in place). Spread cookie with 2/3 cup icing, right to the edge. Top with another cookie layer, then another 2/3 cup icing. Repeat with remaining cookies and icing. Sprinkle with extra holiday chips, if desired.
Originally published in the Today’s Parent November 2015 issue. Photo: Tony Lanz.