Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

My boys love chocolate chip cookie cakes, much more than regular cakes. I usually buy a cookie cake for their birthdays but this time I decided to make my own.

This chocolate chip cookie cake is so easy to make and delicious to eat!  It comes out very moist and soft.



In the pan with parchment paper.



Just lift the cookie cake out of the pan using the parchment paper.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Ingredients: 3/4 cup salted butter, room temperature 3/4 cup dark brown sugar 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups all purpose flour 2 tsp cornstarch 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 bag (12 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions: Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes Mix in egg and vanilla extract With the mixer on low speed, add flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt Stir in chocolate chips. Dough will be thick. Chill for at least 30 minutes or overnight. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place parchment paper into the bottom of a 10x13 cake pan to help the cookie easily come out of the pan when cooked. Spread the dough out into the cake pan. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden. Remove from oven and let cool for a couple minutes in the pan, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.   Recipe by Chrissy @ Loving Life http://lovinglife27.blogspot.com/2014/01/chocolate-chip-cookie-cake.html

Recipe originally found here.

What is your favorite type of cake?

Rolo Pretzel Turtles

I love turtles...of the chocolate, caramel and pecan kind.  This simple recipe recreates the flavor of the sweet, gooey candy turtles.

 

Rolo Pretzel Turtles Ingredients: 1 bag of Rolo candies 1 bag of pretzels (I used the square type) 1 bag of whole pecans parchment paper Directions: Preheat oven to 350°F.  Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet Lay pretzels on cookie sheet and place one Rolo on each pretzel Heat in oven for 3 minutes, then remove Gently press one pecan into each Rolo Let cool on the parchment paper Recipe by Chrissy @  Loving Life http://lovinglife27.blogspot.com/2013/11/rolo-pretzel-turtles.html

What's your favorite candy?

Fruit Brownie [Foodie Friday]

This week for Foodie Friday I'm bringing you my Fruit Brownie dessert.  I love sweets so this Fruit Brownie dessert is amazingly delicious with sweet fruit and rich brownie!  I could eat the entire tray!

This is an easy dessert perfect for summertime.  I made this for a 4th of July party and considered replacing the kiwi with blueberries for red, white and blue but decided against it because I like kiwi more than blueberries.

Fruit Brownie  PRINT Ingredients: 1 box of brownie mix with ingredients to prepare 1 package (8 oz) of cream cheese, softened ¼ cup sugar ½ tsp vanilla extract Strawberries, 1 Banana, 1 Kiwi cut into small pieces mini semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions: Prepare and bake brownie mix as directed on the box Let brownies cool completely Mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract on a low speed Spread cream cheese mixture over the top of the cooled brownies Evenly distribute strawberries, bananas and kiwi on cream cheese mixture Sprinkle with mini semi-sweet chocolate chips Recipe by Chrissy @  Loving Life http://lovinglife27.blogspot.com/2013/07/fruit-brownie-foodie-friday_18.html

This Fruit Brownie dessert should be served shortly after you add the fruit because the banana will brown.  Here's an after picture (about 9 hours later), not as pretty but still just as delicious!

ENJOY!

Strawberry Brownie Cupcakes [Foodie Friday]

I love sweets!  Let me say that again, I love sweets!  This dessert recipe combines two of my favorites, chocolate and strawberry.  I made these delicious treats for our monthly game of Pokeno.  I couldn't handle the leftover Strawberry Brownie Cupcakes in my house because I would eat them ALL!  I took the rest up to our neighborhood park to share with my boys and their friends after school.  These Strawberry Brownie Cupcakes got the kids' approval too.  This is a quick and easy dessert recipe sure to please a crowd.

Strawberry Brownie Cupcake PRINT Ingredients: 1 box of brownie mix with ingredients to prepare 1 box of strawberry cake mix with ingredients to prepare 1 can of cream cheese frosting mini semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions: Preheat oven to 350￮ Prepare brownie mix as directed on the box Prepare strawberry cake mix as directed on the box Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners Spoon the brownie batter into the muffin cups, fill to about 1/3 full. Make sure the brownie batter spreads out to cover the bottom. Pour the cake batter over the brownie batter, fill to about 2/3 full Bake for 20 minutes Let cool completely and then frost with cream cheese frosting Sprinkle with mini semi-sweet chocolate chips Recipe by Chrissy @ Loving Life http://lovinglife27.blogspot.com/2013/04/strawberry-brownie-cupcakes.html

 I made the recipe my own after seeing this picture.