🍪🍦 Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake

A decadent, multi-layered dessert with cake, ice cream, and cookie dough — perfect for celebrations!

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📌 Ingredients

🔻 For the Cake Layers:

• 1¾ cups (220g) all-purpose flour

• 1½ tsp baking powder

• ¼ tsp salt

• ½ cup (115g) unsalted butter, room temp

• ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 2 tsp vanilla extract

• ½ cup (120ml) whole milk

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🔻 For the Eggless Cookie Dough Layer:

• ¾ cup (170g) unsalted butter, room temp

• ¾ cup (160g) brown sugar

• ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar

• 2 tbsp milk

• 1½ tsp vanilla extract

• 1¼ cups (160g) all-purpose flour (heat-treated if desired)

• ½ tsp salt

• 1 cup (175g) mini chocolate chips

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🔻 For the Ice Cream Layer:

• 1½ quarts (6 cups) vanilla or cookie dough ice cream, slightly softened

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🔻 For the Ganache Drip:

• ½ cup (120ml) heavy cream

• 4 oz (115g) semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

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🔻 Topping Ideas:

• Whipped cream or buttercream

• Cookie dough balls, mini chocolate chips, chocolate curls

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🧁 Instructions

✅ 1. Bake the Cake Layers

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line two 8-inch round pans.

• In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

• Add eggs and vanilla; mix well.

• Alternately add flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with flour.

• Bake for 25–30 mins. Let cool completely.

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✅ 2. Make the Cookie Dough Layer

• Cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.

• Mix in milk and vanilla.

• Stir in flour and salt, then fold in chocolate chips.

• Press into an 8-inch pan lined with plastic wrap. Freeze until firm.

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✅ 3. Assemble the Cake

• Line the same 8-inch pan with plastic wrap.

• Layer as follows:
  Cake layer → Ice cream → Cookie dough → More ice cream → Final cake layer

• Wrap and freeze for at least 4–6 hours or overnight.

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✅ 4. Prepare the Ganache

• Heat cream until just simmering, then pour over chopped chocolate.

• Let sit 2 minutes, then stir until smooth and glossy. Let cool slightly.

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✅ 5. Finish & Decorate

• Unmold frozen cake onto a plate or cake stand.

• Pour ganache over the top, allowing it to drip down the sides.

• Pipe whipped cream swirls, and top with cookie dough chunks and chocolate chips.

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💡 Tips

• For easy layering, freeze each layer briefly before adding the next.

• You can use store-bought cookie dough and ice cream to save time.

• Decorate just before serving for the freshest look.