I’m thrilled to be guest posting for one of our very own Muffin Monday bakers, Lyn from The Lovely Pantry today. Her beautiful blog is a marriage of her two favorite hobbies – Cooking and Photography! A Jamaican mom who improvises recipes as she goes along, her range is worth experiencing. She could whip up anything from a Chocolate Chip Granola Bar to a Spicy Thai Tuna and Fennel Salad.
When Lyn asked me to guest post, I agreed immediately but the deadline was strict and even though I thought I would make it, my two traumatizing weeks at the dentist’s did not allow it. Lyn, despite being continents away, was entirely understanding and let me have additional time. I can’t thank her enough for it.
In turn I decided to bake for her my favorite chocolate chip cookie cake. A cake that is perfect for just about every occasion. It’s easy, delicious and easily adaptable. My variation today is a personal favorite – M&M and Chocolate Chips.
M&M and Chocolate chip is quite a mouthful as it is and trust me the cake is perfect and needs no alteration but one thing I know about Lyn is she’s a chocoholic so I decided to give it a little bit of an extra chocolate glaze for her. A slice of this is just perfect to brighten any day.
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- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup sugar
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour, plus 4 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 11/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup M&Ms
- Preheat the oven to 350F
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream butter and both the sugars
- Add eggs and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients to the batter and mix until well blended.
- Stir in chocolate chips and M&Ms.
- Spread the dough in a lightly greased cake tin and bake for 20 minutes.
Happy Baking!
This looks so fun!!! I’m a chocoholic too so I’m sure I’d love this. Heading over to Lyn’s blog for the recipe.
This looks a lot like our favorite chocolate chip blondie which is such a great treat! And I really need to bake with M & M’s more often!
I just saw this on The Lovely Pantry and I am drooling!!!
oh my goodness, this looks amazing!
i feel like a kid…looking at this cake of yours!! That pic of the just the slice…is just brilliant.. wish we were neighbours!!
My daughter would love this. She always wanted me to make her a cookie cake and I am going to make this for sure. Just looks amazing!!!
Will keep you posted on how it turns out. Let’s hope I can do as good a job of it as you have.
What a gorgeous cake! Fun, moist and looks extremely yummy!
I want o make on of these now! I have made large pan cookies and of course cakes, but never made a cookie cake! Pure Genius!
Hi Anuradha,
What size cake pan did you use? An eight inch or 9 inch? Thanks.
I’d recommend a 9″ for this cake but if you don’t have one handy an 8″ would also do. :)
My kids will be your friend for life with this fun and yummy treat!!
I knew when I saw this in my e-mails I shouldn’t have opened it, to late now I must make it! My Husband would just love it! I’m going to surprise him with it tonight!!
That is a yummy fun cake.
Oh I’m definitely a chocoholic. Love everything about this!
Heading over now :-)
Yayy!!
Wow! I love the playful colors of the M&M’s topping the cake. It’s very creative. :)
This looks so good,Gotta have a glass of milk with it. I will now head over to the lovely pantry and check out Lyn. Thanks for sharing Regina…
wow! M&M plus chocolate chips??? This is awesome!
This is absolutely fantastic. A giant cookie like this would make my daughter very happy on her birthday.
That cake looks amazing! Heading over to Lyn’s blog to check it out!
This looks like the ultimate in decadence – what an amazing pie :D
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
This is a picture perfect dessert.
This looks great…my 5 year old just saw the picture and started saying he wanted to eat this :) Hopping over to check out the recipe!
I hope your dental problems are all behind you now and that your mouth is healing well. I love the look of this cake and I just know that it is over the top delicious!
YUMMERS!!! That looks insanely too good. Seriously :D
its everything a chocolate chip cookie with mm;’s should be and more!
Probably one of the most delicious cakes out there!
What a fun cake! I’m off to Lyn’s to check it out.
This is such a fun cake! It’d be a big-time hit as a birthday cake in my house :) (We’re a summer birthday family.)
Oh geez, I better head over right now! This looks so soft & delicious. I love cookie cakes because they give you an excuse to eat more:)
This cake is in the oven right now! I just know my Husband will love it!! I thought he could take it to work tomorrow since his friends all love chocolate chip cookies, but then again who doesn’t?
Can’t wait to know how it turned out! :)
The last picture is just to die for…Mmm…hopping to Lyn’s blog for more bites!
wow This looks so colourful and lovely!
This looks fantastic! The M&Ms really add a great burst of colour. Pinned :)
I love this! M&Ms are one of my favorite cookie add-ins AND I love the GIANT cookie cake here!
I made the cake last night and not only did it turn out beautifully it tasted wonderful!! Just like a chocolate chip cookie! My Husband loved it, and he gobbled it down with a big cup of milk! I’m so glad I made this cake and will be making this again soon!! Thank you for posting such a wonderful recipe!!
P.S. I am posting pictures and a link to you of the cake on my Sunday post, hope thats ok. By the way I didn’t modify your recipe at all, it was perfect the way it is!!
Absolutely! So glad you and your husband enjoyed the cake! Really appreciate you leaving feedback. I’ll look forward to your post. :)
This looks fantastic! Cookie cakes used to be a big treat growing up – we always ordered them for birthdays in school. I’m sure this is even 100x better than the store bought!
Simply fabulous and looks like M&M is worth the try for baking.
M&M’s AND chocolate chips?!?!!? You’re killing me! How could anyone in their right mind resist this cake? I can definitely see how it’s one of your favorites!
Oh! This is such a creative colorful cookie cake with hidden tasty treats.
I love M&M’s! I just found mint ones, my husband would love this with some mint M&M’s
This is one beautiful cake, I can imagine having it slightly warm with some vanilla ice cream!
mmmm! i am a chocoholic too and would devour this entire cake in an instant :P
What a delicious idea for a cake! I love peanut m&m’s so I think I’d go for those! :D
Look’s terrific! I’m on my way to Lyn’s to read all about it!
A slice of this would make me one happy lady. Yum yum!
I’m saving this for my next birthday treat! Totally fantastic. I can relate to dental traumas, having had several of my own this year. I hope all is well with you now. :)
I love this! So fun to add M&M’s. That is must when making chocolate chip cookie anything for my Dad!
Mmmmmm….this would be a family pleaser!!! Yummy cookie cake!!!
A perfectly wonderful guest post idea. Fun and sweet as a cake…but hard to have just one slice;)
I remember making your chocolate chip cookie cake when I worked at the cafe! You just took this cake to a whole different level, AND I love it:-) I may want more than one slice, just so you know:-) Hugs, Terra
Um, you had me at m&m. This looks sinful. Good thing I like sinful. xx
looks lovely.. i haevn’t ever baked a giant cookie, will have to give it a try. your photos are incredible.
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this looks awesome – M & Ms and cake are always a winner :)
That’s such an adorable cake!
Ooo off to check out the recipe! I just made my first cookie day this week for my little brother’s last week before he heads to college! This one looks so fun!
This cookie cake looks awesome! Here in Australia these aren’t exactly a thing, so, I’m really excited to try and make one of these sometime soon. I’m in awe :) so I’d better go check out that recipe now.
What kid (or adult) wouldn’t want this cookie cake? It looks sooo yummy! I love the chocolate drizzle on top!
I don’t see any reason why one wouldn’t make this!I mean seriously,unless they have blood sugar issues.
Another recipe by you that I will be surely trying,and hopefully rather soon!Love your work,Anuradha!:-)
I made this last week for my friend’s son’s birthday and it came out great….everyone loved it! I didn’t have any M&M’s on hand so I used 1-1/2 cups of mini choc. chips and 1/2 cup of chocolate chunks. I used a 9″ cake pan and had to bake it for 30 min. I think an 8″ pan would be too small. My hubby loved this cookie cake so much that I think he’s going to request it for his birthday, too!!! :)