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 ppans 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 FF 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)

for the cake garnish.

To assemble the cake, put a cake layer on a serving plate and top with

one-third of the remaining cookie filling, spreading filling evenly over

layer. Add a second layer of cake and spread with another one-third

portion of the cookie filling. Add another cake layer and spread with

remaining cookie filling. Top with remaining cake layer.

Prepare the Chocolate-Sour Cream Frosting. Spread top and sides of cake

with frosting. Stir reserved Cookie Filling aand enough milk (about 2 to 3

teaspoons) to make it a drizzling consistency. Spoon onto center top of

cake. Carefully spread filling to force some down sides of cake. Garnish

top of cake with the 4 crushed chocolate sandwich cookies. Cover and

chill to store. Makes 16 servings.

Cookie Filling: In large mixing bowl combine 4 cups sifted powdered

sugar; 1/3 cup butter, softened; 2 tablespoons milk; and 1 teaspoon

vanilla. Beat with electric mixer on low speed until combined; beat on

medium speed until very smooth. Beat in enough additional milk (1 to 2

tablespoons) until frosting is easy to spread. Set aside 3/4 cup of

mixture. Crush 10 chocolate sandwich cookies; stir into remaining

mixture.

Chocolate-Sour Cream Frosting: In a saucepan melt one 6-ounce package (1

cup) semisweet chocolate pieces and 1/4 cup butter over low heat,

stirring frequently. Cool about 5 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup dairy sour

cream. Gradually add 2-1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar, beating until

smooth and easy to spread.

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