Better-Than-The-Mall Cookie Cake | Recipe Saver

Ingredients

• ***For the chocolate chip cookie cake:***
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white whole-wheat flour or whole-wheat pastry flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, optional, freshly grated
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon whole milk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• ***For the optional chocolate fudge frosting:***
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar plus 2 tablespoons
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder, optional
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• kosher salt, to taste