Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sheet Cake

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!

     Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw were coming for a visit on Labor Day weekend.  The guys were in charge of manning the grill and smoker for the weekend.  I was the dessert committee.  I wanted to try making a homemade chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.  Since I have been excited about creating new Texas sheet cake recipes I thought it would be fun to make a chocolate chip cookie dough flavored sheet cake.  I am especially proud of this one.

It took a lot of thought to come up with the perfect recipe.  I did not want this to be like a cookie but rather a cake that tastes like cookie dough.  Cookie dough and brownie batter are two of my favorite things.  It doesn't seem right to serve a bowl of cookie dough to your guests, so this cake was the best alternative.

To top it off, I came up with a cookie dough flavored icing.  You will not believe how good this is.

IF YOU LIKE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH, YOU SHOULD TRY THIS!

-MiMi

A note from Carlee:

     MiMi is right to be proud of this one.  It was a fun idea and she did great on the execution.  Despite the fact we were all full from a delicious dinner, nobody had a problem finishing their portion.  My sisters were both happy to take some home with them as well!  

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sheet Cake

by Cooking With Carlee September-18-2015

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. frozen
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 F and grease a 12x18x1 half sheet cake pan.2. Bring butter and water to a boil in a large saucepan.3. Remove from heat and stir in the remaining ingredients excluding the chocolate chips. Let the batter cool for a few minutes, then stir in frozen chips.4. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 22 about minutes or until done.5. Cool for about 20 minutes before frosting the cake.6. For the icing, bring the butter and milk to a boil in a large sauce pan.7. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar. 8. 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.

Details

Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 40 mins Total time: 1 hour Yield: a 12x18x1" half sheet cake