Chocolate Cookie Cake
Ingredients
• 2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2-1/4 cups sugar
• 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1-1/3 cups milk
• 8-ounce carton dairy sour cream
• 5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• teaspoons vanilla
• recipe Cookie Filling (see recipe below)
• recipe Chocolate-Sour Cream Frosting (see recipe below)
• chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
Directions
Grease and lightly flour two 8×1-1/2-inch or 9×1-1/2-inch round cake
pans. Set pans aside
In an extra-large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt,
and baking powder. Add milk, sour cream, melted chocolate, butter, eggs,
and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed about 1 minute or
until mixture is combined. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping sides
of bowl occasionally.
Place half of the batter in a medium bowl; cover and chill. Divide
remaining half of batter evenly between the prepared pans. Bake in a 350
degree F oven for 20 to 25 minutes for 9-inch layers and 25 to 30 minutes
for 8-inch layers or until a wooden toothpick inserted near centers comes
out clean. Cool cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove cakes
from pans. Cool layers thoroughly on wire racks.
Wash the 2 cake pans. Grease and lightly flour pans. Divide reserved,
chilled batter evenly between pans. Bake and cool as directed above.
Prepare Cookie Filling, reserving the 3/4 cup filling (without crumbs)