Mocha Chip Cut Out Cookies and a Cookie Cake
Not every birthday has to have a cake.
This is a great alternative.
A cookie Cake.
I made this beauty for a very sweet friend.
She loves coffee and chocolate.
So a Mocha Chip Cookie Cake was going in the oven!
I made the cookie cake in an 8-inch cake pan, lined with a piece of parchment paper so it would come out the pan easily.
To create a smooth top on the cookie, I flattened the cookie dough with the back of a wide spoon to remove the bumps.
The cookie baked for 10 minutes. Way faster than a cake. I can see I’ll be making more of these for sure.
Once the cookie has completely cooled turn pan over and the cookie will release easily with the parchment on the bottom. Place on Wire rack and be sure it’s no longer warm before you decorate it.
I shaved a block of chocolate with a potato peeler to create the chocolate curls, and placed them in the center of the cooled cookie. (you can spread some frosting on the cookie if you don’t want the chocolate to move around, I forgot to do it, but the chocolate was fine)
Pipe the outside edge with coffee buttercream frosting with a 2D tip, or your favorite tip. I based this buttercream off of my Mocha Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream, but didn’t use coffee this time, I used a few drops of LorAnn’s Coffee flavoring Oil as I reduced the amount of buttercream I needed and added a couple of drops of coloring(tan and brown) to achieve this color.
- 1 cup salted butter
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 dropper-fulls Coffee Oil (LorAnns)
- 2 1/2-3/4 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- Cream butter and sugar together, add egg and flavorings.
- Mix in flour, cocoa, baking powder salt until smooth.
- stir in chocolate chips.
- Place 1/3 of the batter in a parchment lined 8 inch cake pan.
- Bake cookie cake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Let cool in pan before removing.
- Cool completely before icing.
- *Roll out the remaining cookie dough and cut into the desired shape.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 7-8 minutes.
Since the cookie cake only used 1/3 of the cookie dough, it was time to roll out the rest of the cookies.
*Chocolate Glaze Icing Recipe
I like these cookies rolled on the thicker side. I let the chocolate chips determine the thickness really, roll out the dough so there is cookie dough padding the chips, if it’s rolled too thin you will feel the rolling pin going over all the chips and they will be bumpy.
These Mocha Chip Cookies are wonderful to dunk into or have alongside your coffee drink of choice.
I made some chocolate icing to top some of the cookies off with. I piped the first layer of icing with a #4 tip then, went back with a #1 tip and piped on some lines to create a criss-cross pattern.
I’m so glad I iced some of them with chocolate icing, they were yummy!
Lisa Waelde says
As the lucky recipient of this delightful cake, I can vouch first hand that the Mocha Chip Cookie Cake this very sweet baker made was to die for!!!!!
Cassie says
A cookie cake! That is definitely my kind of birthday treat. I love the decoration on the cake and the cookies! Mocha is a great flavor too! 🙂
Glory/ Glorious Treats says
This sounds SO delicious!!! And it’s beautiful too! I am going to HAVE to try this!!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
That’s so pretty! A perfect cake. 🙂
Aly says
These look so pretty–cookies and cookie cake. The combo of chocolate and coffee is always good, too!
Karen @ Trilogy Edibles says
oh Diane! I am on board with these! it’s too bad I’ve decided to be dedicated to a 60 day workout program that frowns upon eating a batch of cookies in one sitting 😉
Diane says
yes isn’t it just awful that those programs don’t allow such things, they should really come up with one that works that includes such indulgences 🙂 LOL
Nichol says
Wow, I think I’m really drooling here lol. That sounds and looks incredibly good!
Christina @ Sweet Pea's Kitchen says
Now this is my kind of cake!! 😉 Looks delicious!
prac17 says
What can i substitute egg with?? Really waiting to try this out..
val says
This is one gorgeous cookie cake.
Jen @ Savory Simple says
Everything is so beautiful!
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction says
Hello new favorite cookie cake!
Shawn @ I Wash...You Dry says
Totally cute! I love the little heart shaped cookies! {of course}
Christy @ Life of a Modern Housewife says
Your cake is absolutely beautiful and so are those cookies!! I want to eat them through the screen!! Happy Friday!
Monet says
How beautiful! I would totally take a cookie cake. And those little mocha chip cut out cookies are wonderful!
Paula says
Lucky, lucky, birthday girl! This beautiful cookie cake may be the beginning of the end for birthday cakes 😉
Sweetsugarbelle says
D!!! I am in love!!
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
Beautiful AND delicious–love this cookie cake, Diane!
JulieD says
What a pretty cookie cake, Diane!! And wow, that’s a mega spoon!! haha
Diane says
Thanks Julie, that is one of my favorite spoons. I have two of them 🙂
Carolyn says
I personally LOVE cookie cake, and I made my 2 year old one for her last birthday. Yours looks awesome, I may have to try some sort of low carb version!
alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says
oh so cute! We love a cookie cake always around here
Stephanie says
I was wondering if you have tried there coffee emulsion. I’m wondering if that would be just as good??
Diane says
I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m sure it would be just as good. I’m sure I will get some as my coffee oil is running low 🙂
Russell at Chasing Delicious says
That cookie cake looks sooo good! My brother is obsessed with them so I’m definitely going to make this for him soon.
Lori @ RecipeGirl says
These are wayyyyy cute!
alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says
these rock! Love the cookies!
Allison Tyree says
Where would I find the coffee oil? At a normal grocery store near the coffee grounds? And does it come in a bottle?
Diane says
The coffee oil can be found in a cake supply store, or online. I use LorAnn’s oils here is a link to their coffee oil https://www.lorannoils.com/p-8326-coffee-flavor.aspx
A good substitution would be a teaspoon or so of instant coffee.
Archana Patel says
Hi there! Making your frosting for a 1st grade vday party…will your frosting harden?
Diane says
buttercream frosting does not “harden” much, but it’s not completely soft like whipped cream, it will get a light crust on it so that sprinkles won’t stick after about an hour, but if you “bump” the frosting it will show a mark. let me know if you have any other questions.