Cookies & Cream Gooey Cake

By clawson

A traditional rich and gooey butter sheet cake is given an upgraded cookie and cream twist with a fluffy topping for an out of this world dessert!

Serves 24. Per serving: 315 cal, 20g fat, 76mg chol, 3g prot, 33g carbs. 23g sugar, 1g fiber, 249mg sodium

Ingredients

• 1 (15.25-ounce) box dark chocolate cake mix
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, room temperature, divided
• 4 eggs, room temperature, divided
• 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, divided
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon instant coffee
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Pinch salt
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 10 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (like Oreos), crumbled, plus 10 to 12 whole cookies, cut in half

Details

Servings 24
Adapted from communitytable.parade.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Line bottom with parchment paper and spray paper.

In a large bowl, whisk together cake mix, 1/2 cup melted butter and 2 eggs until well combined. Pat into bottom of prepared pan.

Combine 2 cups powdered sugar, cream cheese, 2 eggs, cocoa and instant coffee in a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer using a whisk attachment on low speed. When blended, turn mixer speed to high. Add 2 tablespoons melted butter, vanilla extract and salt and continue beating until well blended.

Pour batter onto cake mix layer and spread evenly. Bake 27 to 33 minutes (the center should still be gooey and will look under baked). Let cool to room temperature in pan.

Chill a mixing bowl and whisk attachment (or hand whisk) in refrigerator 15 minutes. Place heavy cream and 2 tablespoons powdered sugar in chilled bowl and whip until soft peaks begin to form. Add half of the cookie crumbs and beat until stiff peaks form. Spread over top of cooled cake. Sprinkle remaining cookie crumbs on top. Cut cake into slices. Place a half cookie in the center of each slice.