This is the ultimate chocolate chip cookie cake with cream cheese frosting. It is three layers of deep dish chocolate chip cookies that have been slathered with cream cheese frosting between the layers.  This is a cake that will satisfy any cookie monster. 

What do we have here? A cake? A cookie? Cookie dough gone crazy?? Yes, yes, and yes!

This is a soaring tower of giant, chewy, deep dish chocolate chip cookies. But it doesn’t stop there. We filled the cookie cake layers with a creamy, light, and fluffy cream cheese frosting then drizzled with a rich chocolate sauce.

It’s madness! And I mean that in a good way. If you’re mad about chocolate chip cookies, this is the cake for you!

The cookie base is moist, chewy and chocolatey. The center is just barely under-baked. But not so under-baked that you can’t stack it in a layered cake monument.

We loaded this chocolate chip cookie cake with chocolate chips. As any chocolate chip cookie should be. The frosting is a perfect match for this cake. It is a not-too-sweet but oh-so-decadent cream cheese frosting. Then a rich chocolate drizzle puts this masterpiece over the top.

This is chocolate chip cookie utopia in the form of a cake. You need this recipe! You have to make this cake. 

How to Make a Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

You don’t have to be a fancy pants baker to make the worlds best chocolate chip cookie cake. And yes, this is the worlds best chocolate chip cookie cake. It might look intimidating with three layers but it is as easy as pie… err, cookies.

We made the cookie layers by spreading the cookie dough into three cake pans. But there are some secrets to getting the chewy, tender texture of these giant cookies. Scroll down to the printable recipe card for detailed instructions. Here are the easy steps.

1. Bake the deep dish cookie layers then let them cool.
2. Make the cream cheese frosting.
3. Make the chocolate ganache.
4. Stack the deep dish cookies with the frosting between the layers. Top with chocolate ganache.

Tips for a Chewy Deep Dish Cookie

1. Melt the butter.

The first secret to getting a dense, chewy texture is to start with melted butter. Melted butter is one of the things I love about this recipe.

No worries if you forget to let your butter sit out and soften. Just stick it in the microwave or in a saucepan and let it melt.  Melted butter creates a denser, chewier cookie. That’s tip number one.

2. Extra egg yolk.

Tip number two, and the other secret for a dense, chewy and moist cookie is the addition of egg yolks. Why does this recipe call for two eggs AND two egg yolks?

The additional egg yolks add more fat which keeps the cookie tender, moist and chewy. You might wonder why we don’t just add more fat in the form of more butter.? Too much butter will make the cookie layers greasy and prevent them from baking completely.

The rest of the recipe is pretty standard. If you can make cookies, you can make this chocolate chip cookie cake with cream cheese frosting.

Pans We Used For This Cake

Normally, when I make a cake I use good quality cake pans that are at least two inches tall. Since this isn’t a standard ‘cake’ but a cookie cake, you really don’t need to use a very deep cake pan.

For this recipe, if you don’t have three regular sized cake pans, you can get away with a few cheap dollar store cake pans. The cookie dough will have some rise but not to the same extent as a regular cake recipe.

So go get some dollar store cake pans and make this cake…..eer….. giant layered cookie for someone. 

If you love chocolate chip cookies you are going to fall for this monstrosity. It makes a great birthday cake for that picky person who doesn’t like cake. Heck, it even makes a good birthday cake for a cake lover. 

As long as you’re mind is on chewy, gooey, over-sized chocolate chip cookies, check out this copycat version of the Levain Bakery chocolate chip cookie.

Here Are Some Other Recipes You Might Like:

Our Intense Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the easiest chocolate cake you will ever make from scratch and truly the best you will ever have. The cake is rich, moist, and so tender. This is bound to be a family favorite.

These Chocolate Chip Cookie Shots are so much fun. Cookie dough gets shaped into a cup then the inside of the cup is coated with chocolate to make it “water-proof”. Pour your favorite beverage into the cups and when you finish drinking, you can eat the cup.

Our Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake is an easy, no-bake cake that you can make a few days in advance. Chocolate cookies are layered between a decadent, creamy, chocolate mocha filling. This cake is even faster to make if you use store-bought cookies.

Decorate the Cookie Cake:

Check out our video above and see how easy it is to make this chocolate chip cookie cake with cream cheese frosting. We used a large open star tip to decorate the top of the cake. If you don’t have a star tip, you can put some frosting in a sandwich bag and cut a small hole in the corner then pipe dollops of frosting on the top.

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• Cake pans (as I mentioned above you can get away with dollar store cake pans for this cake since the cookie layers don’t rise as much as traditional cake batter).
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• Parchment paper

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