Description
The most extraordinary giant chewy M&M Cookie Cake made by preheating oven to 350°F greasing 12-inch round pan or 9-inch round pan with parchment whisking 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt beating 3/4 cup softened butter 3/4 cup packed brown sugar and 1/4 cup granulated sugar medium-high 2 to 3 minutes light and fluffy adding 1 room temperature egg 1 extra yolk and 2 tsp vanilla mixing well adding flour mixture on low just combined folding in 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup M&Ms pressing evenly into pan decorating surface with remaining 1/4 cup M&Ms gently pressed baking 18 to 22 minutes until edges set and golden and center still slightly underdone cooling completely minimum 45 minutes then beating 1/2 cup room temperature butter pale and fluffy adding 2 to 3 cups sifted powdered sugar cream vanilla and salt beating 2 to 3 minutes fluffy piping rosette border around edge and pressing M&Ms into rosettes. A completely perfect giant chewy brown sugar M&M birthday cookie cake recipe.
Ingredients
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 cup Unsalted Butter softened
3/4 cup Packed Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
1 large Egg plus 1 Egg Yolk room temperature
2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
3/4 cup M&Ms divided
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter room temperature for buttercream
2 to 3 cups Powdered Sugar sifted
1 to 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract for buttercream
Pinch of Salt
Additional M&Ms for decoration
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F 175°C. Grease 12-inch round pan or 9-inch round pan. Line with parchment.
2. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. Beat softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar medium-high 2 to 3 minutes light and fluffy.
4. Add egg, extra yolk, and vanilla. Mix well combined.
5. Add flour mixture on low just combined.
6. Fold in chocolate chips and 1/2 cup M&Ms.
7. Press evenly into prepared pan. Press remaining 1/4 cup M&Ms decoratively onto surface.
8. Bake 18 to 22 minutes until edges set and golden and center still slightly underdone. Do not overbake.
9. Cool completely minimum 45 minutes.
10. Beat room temperature butter pale and fluffy. Add powdered sugar, cream, vanilla, and salt. Beat 2 to 3 minutes fluffy.
11. Pipe rosette border around edge. Press additional M&Ms into rosettes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Cookie Cake, Birthday, Celebration
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 385
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 185mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 53g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
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