This chocolate chip cookie dough sheet cake takes the one of my favorite guilty pleasures and turns it into a Texas style sheet cake. You are going to love it!
Texas sheet cakes are always a great way to feed a crowd. The batter comes together quickly and a warm icing gets poured over when you are finished.
Chocolate may be the original flavor, but you don’t have to limit yourself to that. This cookie dough inspired version is delicious and perfect for so many kinds of gatherings.
Get out your saucepan and whisk out, that’s all it takes to make this delicious treat. It will be perfect for your parties, BBQs, potlucks and more!
With our big game gathering coming up, I have been going through my Texas sheet cake recipes. They are such a fun and easy way to feed a crowd.
Because we are having quite a few people over and I have a lot of items I’d like to make, I thought a sheet cake would make a perfect dessert. They come together quickly and there’s not much fuss to them.
MiMi went on a sheet cake making roll in the early days of this site, so there are a lot of fun and creative recipes to choose from. I stumbled upon this chocolate chip cookie dough inspired version and I thought it was a perfect time to spiff up the post a bit and share it with you again.
It is still a favorite and tastes even better than it sounds.
MiMi’s rules on what makes it a “Texas” sheet cake
You know they say they do everything bigger in Texas, so the bigger pan is a start of what makes a cake a Texas sheet cake. Rather than being baked in a 9×13″ pan most are baked in a half sheet pan or jelly roll pan which is closer to 13×18″.
In addition to their larger size, MiMi thinks the cooking method is what makes Texas vs. not. For her to consider to consider it a Texas sheet cake, the batter must be made in a saucepan.
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The beauty of the saucepan method is how easy it is. The butter melts so there is no need for softening it first.
Plus you don’t need a mixer to bring it all together. It is quick and easy to just stir with a whisk.
The icing is very similar. It is super easy because it is also made in a saucepan on the stove top.
You do want to make sure to use a whisk here to keep from getting powdered sugar lumps. But once the frosting is ready you just pour it over the warm cake.
That takes away the pressure of having to smooth on a nice looking frosting. It basically does it for you!
Top with sprinkles or chocolate chips and you have a nice cake! If you have a sheet pan with a lid, you are in really good shape to take the cake wherever it needs to go.
More Fun Sheet Cake Recipes
Of course you need to make the original chocolate Texas sheet cake if you haven’t. That is the classic and it is hard to beat.
For summer, we like making lemon Texas sheet cake. Or for a fun twist Arnold Palmer Texas sheet cake has a sweet tea base and lemon icing.
Or try a vanilla Texas sheet cake for something different. It tastes a lot like wedding cake, but in a much less fancy form.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1½ cups packed brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs beaten
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips frozen
Icing
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup milk
- 4½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Sheet Cake
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and grease a 13x18x1 half sheet cake pan.
- Bring butter and water to a boil in a large saucepan.1 cup unsalted butter, 1 cup water
- Remove from heat and stir in the sugars.1½ cups packed brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar
- Add the remaining ingredients excluding the chocolate chips.2 cups all purpose flour, 2 large eggs, ½ cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt
- Let the batter cool for a few minutes, then stir in frozen chips.1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 22 about minutes or until done.
- Cool for about 20 minutes before frosting the cake.
Icing
- Bring the butter and milk to a boil in a large sauce pan.½ cup butter, ¼ cup milk
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar.4½ cups powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Spread warm icing over warm cake. Let cool for a couple of minutes and then sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips. Let cool completely before serving.¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
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Oh, this cake looks amazing! What a great idea to turn cookie dough flavor into a cake :). Thanks for sharing at You Link It, We Make It! Hope to see you back tomorrow, pinning!
Thank you!
Carlee this is so good! I'm a big fan of sheet cakes.. so easy!
Thank you! I love sheet cakes too! No worry about them coming out of the pan in one piece and I love that they come together in a saucepan.
Yes! I need to make this again soon. Everyone enjoyed it so much that they still bring it up in conversation. This cake was a big hit!
This looks delicious, Carlee! Gloria is a big fan of cookie dough anything. She's going to love this recipe. Pinned!
I hope she loves it! Thanks!
I'm a huge sheetcake fan and this sounds amazing. Thanks for bringing this to Throwback Thursday!
I love sheet cakes too! They are so easy and great for a crowd. This is our new favorite!
We love chocolate chip cookie dough, and I don't think this cake would last for long in my house!
I'm sure it won't! It is soooo good. Cookie dough is one of my absolute favorite flavors!
You had me at Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough……….a weakness of mine.
Mine too! I can't keep my hands out of the stuff! This cake really hits the spot!
This would not last long at my house! Yum!
It didn't last long at ours either! It is always so much fun when you think of an idea and it actually comes together like you imagined it!
Sounds so yummy! I'm a fan of just about anything with chocolate chips. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and sharing this recipe with us – you're featured this week on Five Friday Finds! I'm looking forward to checking out your recipe this week. 🙂
Thank you so much! I will be heading your way soon!!
Dang… This sounds great! The guys at work have been feeling left out lately on my baking. At least with a sheet cake, there is enough my husband won't mind when he loses half of it. Or will he? Lol… either way, I have to try this!
The guys will love this. If you husband misses the rest of the cake you can always make another! 😉
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Hooray! Thank you so much!