Chocolate Layer Cake with Cookie Dough Filling

GUESS WHO'S BACK!!! After a year and a half of being away, I'm returning with recipes that will blow your mind. Get pumped, 2017 is gonna be the

 year of cavities cause I know Y'ALL CANT RESIST MY GOODIES. I am kicking off my comeback with a cake I made for one of the first girls I met when I came to college. She is just about the sweetest thing I've ever come across, so I needed to make a birthday cake that matched her sweetness. I still hold my role of birthday cake provider even in the dorms. The smile brought to peoples faces when they are surprised with a birthday cake just for them will never get old, therefore I will never ever stop making them. Luckily, the people on my floor know me well and know about my obsession with baking, so it isn't TOO weird when I shove cookies and brownies in their faces and beg for their opinions. And can they really complain about having another cake to eat on their birthday? But back to Kylee and her cake. She is a chocolate chip cookie lover. This is why I incorporated a luscious cookie dough filling into my otherwise fantastic chocolate cake. And you know what, the filling made it like really really fantastic. The rich chocolate layers are broken by a big chunk of cookie dough to fill all of your dreams. Here's the recipe, I think Kylee and the floor would highly recommend it :)

 I tried to make the cake as cute as Kylee, but she still beat it

Kylee's Birthday Cake

Chocolate Cake Recipe

·         3 cups all-purpose flour

·         2 cup granulated sugar

·         1 teaspoon baking soda

·         1/2 teaspoon salt

·         1 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder

·         4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

·         2 cups hot black coffee

·         1 1/4 cup mayonnaise

·         2 large eggs

·         4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

      Instructions 
       

       1. Grease and line 3 8-inch round pans and line with parchment paper.
       2. In a bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl add the cocoa and chocolate.
       3. Pour the hot coffee over the cocoa mixture, whisking until smooth. Then whisk in mayonnaise, egg, and vanilla.

       4. Stir mayonnaise mixture into flour mixture until combined then evenly pour the batter into the prepared cake pans. 
       5. Place all three cakes into the oven and bake until a tooth pick comes out with only a few moist crumbs, about 25 minutes. Set aside to cool.

       
      Edible Cookie Dough Filling 
      12 tablespoons salted butter, room temperature
       2/3 cup light brown sugar
       2/3 cup sugar
        1 teaspoon vanilla
       1/4 teaspoon salt
       1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
        4 tablespoons milk
       1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
       1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
      Instructions
    
        1. Beat the butter, both sugars, the vanilla, and the salt until light and fluffy. Beat in the the flour and milk. Stir in the chocolate chips. (Can use more or less milk to adjust consistency to make it spreadable.)
        2. Once the cake layers have cooled, place the first on a cake platter, flat side down. Spread with half the cookie dough. Place another cake layer, flat side down on the cookie dough, then spread with remaining cookie dough. Place the third cookie layer on top, flat side down again.
    
     Chocolate Frosting
     1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
     2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
     1/3 cup or so of cream
     1 tablespoon vanilla
     1 package of powdered sugar
     Instructions
   
      1. Beat together the butter and cocoa powder. Slowly add in the powdered sugar until it is light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla and then the cream until it is your desired consistency. Then use to frost your cake!