One of the most loved cookies gets a face lift with this moist and delicious Monster Cookie Cake. A fun delicious spin on a classic treat!
So I did it again. I made a cake, shocking right? Yeah that’s what I thought too. But that’s just what I do, cake is always on the brain in this house, its kinda just in my nature. I love cake,and if I could have it for every single meal I absolutely would.
Monster Cookie Cake
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
1 hr 35 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Ingredients
Cake:
2 cups boiling water
1 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter , softened
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup mini chocolate chips
M &M's (for decorating)
Oatmeal Cookies (for decorating)
Mini Oatmeal Cookies (for decorating)
Frosting:
1 cup butter
1 cup shortening
1 (16-18 oz) container peanut butter
5 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup crushed M&M's
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Prepare 3 9" cake pans, set aside.
In bowl pour your oats and then pour your water over them, stir and let sit for about 10 minute.
Meanwhile in another bowl beat together your butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Add your eggs and vanilla and continue to beat until combined.
In separate bowl mix together your flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Slowly add your dry ingredients into your wet until just combined.
Beat in your oatmeal and then fold in your mini chocolate chips.
Spread evenly between your prepared pans and bake for about 25 minutes or until golden and center is set, remove from oven and turn out onto cooling racks to cool completely.
Meanwhile to make your frosting in large bowl beat together your butter, shortening and peanut butter until combined.
Add in your powdered sugar slowly until desired consistency is reached.
Once cakes are cooled to assemble; place 1 layer of your cake on a turntable and top with about 1/2 cup frosting and spread out to sides.
Sprinkle with about 1/4 up of your crushed M&M's, add another layer of cake and repeat your frosting and crushed M&M's.
Top with remaining layer of cake and stating from top add your frosting and frost down around sides until covered, reserving about 3/4 cup for decorating.
Once cake is frosted, add your remaining frosting to piping bag fitted with an open star tip and pipe swirls around top.
Add some crumbled oatmeal cookies and M&M's to top.
Breaking your mini oatmeal cookies in half, add them to bottom of cake.
Refrigerate.