This chocolate chip cookie dough sheet cake takes the one of my favorite guilty pleasures and turns it into a Texas style sheet cake. You are going to love it!
Texas sheet cakes are always a great way to feed a crowd. The batter comes together quickly and a warm icing gets poured over when you are finished.
Chocolate may be the original flavor, but you don’t have to limit yourself to that. This cookie dough inspired version is delicious and perfect for so many kinds of gatherings.
Get out your saucepan and whisk out, that’s all it takes to make this delicious treat. It will be perfect for your parties, BBQs, potlucks and more!
With our big game gathering coming up, I have been going through my Texas sheet cake recipes. They are such a fun and easy way to feed a crowd.
Because we are having quite a few people over and I have a lot of items I’d like to make, I thought a sheet cake would make a perfect dessert. They come together quickly and there’s not much fuss to them.
MiMi went on a sheet cake making roll in the early days of this site, so there are a lot of fun and creative recipes to choose from. I stumbled upon this chocolate chip cookie dough inspired version and I thought it was a perfect time to spiff up the post a bit and share it with you again.
It is still a favorite and tastes even better than it sounds.
MiMi’s rules on what makes it a “Texas” sheet cake
You know they say they do everything bigger in Texas, so the bigger pan is a start of what makes a cake a Texas sheet cake. Rather than being baked in a 9×13″ pan most are baked in a half sheet pan or jelly roll pan which is closer to 13×18″.
In addition to their larger size, MiMi thinks the cooking method is what makes Texas vs. not. For her to consider to consider it a Texas sheet cake, the batter must be made in a saucepan.
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The beauty of the saucepan method is how easy it is. The butter melts so there is no need for softening it first.
Plus you don’t need a mixer to bring it all together. It is quick and easy to just stir with a whisk.
The icing is very similar. It is super easy because it is also made in a saucepan on the stove top.
You do want to make sure to use a whisk here to keep from getting powdered sugar lumps. But once the frosting is ready you just pour it over the warm cake.
That takes away the pressure of having to smooth on a nice looking frosting. It basically does it for you!
Top with sprinkles or chocolate chips and you have a nice cake! If you have a sheet pan with a lid, you are in really good shape to take the cake wherever it needs to go.
More Fun Sheet Cake Recipes
Of course you need to make the original chocolate Texas sheet cake if you haven’t. That is the classic and it is hard to beat.
For summer, we like making lemon Texas sheet cake. Or for a fun twist Arnold Palmer Texas sheet cake has a sweet tea base and lemon icing.
Or try a vanilla Texas sheet cake for something different. It tastes a lot like wedding cake, but in a much less fancy form.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1½ cups packed brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs beaten
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips frozen
Icing
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup milk
- 4½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Sheet Cake
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and grease a 13x18x1 half sheet cake pan.
- Bring butter and water to a boil in a large saucepan.1 cup unsalted butter, 1 cup water
- Remove from heat and stir in the sugars.1½ cups packed brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar
- Add the remaining ingredients excluding the chocolate chips.2 cups all purpose flour, 2 large eggs, ½ cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt
- Let the batter cool for a few minutes, then stir in frozen chips.1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 22 about minutes or until done.
- Cool for about 20 minutes before frosting the cake.
Icing
- Bring the butter and milk to a boil in a large sauce pan.½ cup butter, ¼ cup milk
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar.4½ cups powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Spread warm icing over warm cake. Let cool for a couple of minutes and then sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips. Let cool completely before serving.¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
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If I had more than one egg Id totally make this! This sounds and looks delicious 🙂
It is so good! You'll have to make it after your next grocery run!
You had me at chocolate chip. And cookie dough. And cake. This sounds and looks delicious! So drooling over here. 😉 Pinning for sure! Thank you so much for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!
Amen! I love all of those things separately too, so I knew it would be a hit all together! Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Carlee, wow this sheet cake is something that my daughter would love!
Julie
You'll have to let me know how she likes it if you try it. It was a smashing success with our family!
YUM! I may or may not be drooling right now!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
This cake is certainly drool worthy! MiMi really knocked it out of the park.
This looks so stinkin' yummy! My family is a huge fan of anything sweet, but chocolate chip cookie dough is eaten so quickly, it's ridiculous! I know they'll love this!! YUMM!!
I hope you try it and love it!! I know it was a hit at our house!
Hi Carlee, All your sheet cakes look seriously yummy, I want to make them all !We're huge Cookie Dough fans here, and it would make the perfect dessert for our first Fall weekend to enjoy! Thank you for sharing! Wishing you a fun weekend!
Thanks, Christine! We have definitely been on a sheet cake roll this summer!
Oh my…. definitely pinning this! I LOVE Texas sheet cakes, and this one looks phenomenal!
Found you via Friday Blog Booster. 🙂
Thank you! We have been having so much fun making some variations on the Texas sheet cake this summer, but I think this one might be our favorite yet!
Hi Carlee, this cake looks so good! Thanks for sharing these awesome recipes and your your visit today.
Enjoy the weekend.
Julie xo
Thanks! I hope you have a great weekend. I'm sure I'll be bringing a few of these to your place next week 😉
YUM!!!!!! Another delicious recipe added to my to make soon list.
Hugs,
Linda
It's a good one, that is for sure! Not quite as healthy as the pumpkin ice cream though 😉 But you have to treat yourself sometimes!
Oh, I have a sweet tooth and this page is full of some very yum looking desserts.
Thanks for bringing them to Fridays Blog Booster Party #24
Kathleen
I might have a slight sweet tooth too 😉 Thanks for stopping by!