This tasty chocolate chip cookie cake is a quick and easy dessert to prepare. The preparation is similar to a crumble, but with a delicious addition: chocolate chips. It will look like a giant chocolate chip cookie filled with warm hazelnut cream! It is the perfect recipe for a party, or to indulge yourself in a sweet breakfast or a hearty snack in the afternoons, along a cup of warm milk!
In a glass bowl, place the 400 grams of flour.
In a glass bowl, place the 400 grams of flour.
Add the 150 grams of butter in pieces.
Add the 150 grams of butter in pieces.
Then add the 150 grams of sugar.
Then add the 150 grams of sugar.
Crack the two eggs into the bowl.
Crack the two eggs into the bowl.
Add the vial of vanilla essence.
Add the vial of vanilla essence.
Using your hands, mix the flour, sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla essence, until the dough is crumbly, not a compact ball of dough.
Using your hands, mix the flour, sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla essence, until the dough is crumbly, not a compact ball of dough.
Add the chocolate chips.
Add the chocolate chips.
Always using your hands, mix them with the crumble. If you prefer a higher and fluffier result, rather than a crispier one you can also add one teaspoon of baking powder.
Always using your hands, mix them with the crumble. If you prefer a higher and fluffier result, rather than a crispier one you can also add one teaspoon of baking powder.
Pour a little more than half of the crumble in a 24cm diameter cake pan, make a border all around and under using the cookie dough crumble.
Pour a little more than half of the crumble in a 24cm diameter cake pan, make a border all around and under using the cookie dough crumble.
Pour in the hazelnut cream - to make this step easier, you can microwave the cream for one minute, to make it more soft and easy to pour.
Pour in the hazelnut cream – to make this step easier, you can microwave the cream for one minute, to make it more soft and easy to pour.
Helping yourself with a spatula, spread the cream until it covers the entirety of the cookie dough base.
Helping yourself with a spatula, spread the cream until it covers the entirety of the cookie dough base.
Cover with the remaining crumble.
Cover with the remaining crumble.
Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
Wait at least 10 minutes before taking it out of the cake pan and cutting the slices.
Wait at least 10 minutes before taking it out of the cake pan and cutting the slices.
Enjoy while still warm and while the cream is still soft.
Enjoy while still warm and while the cream is still soft.
Cookie Cake should be eaten while still warm, but you can save it for your breakfast or your snacks for the following 3 days. The cake can both be stored inside a turned-off oven or inside the fridge – the hazelnut cream might solidify a bit if you keep it in the fridge.