Toll House Cookie Cake

Tollhouse Cookie Cake is the best cake you will ever eat. If you love chocolate chip cookies and you love cake, this will probably become your favorite cake in the world. It is a bit time consuming to make when you're used to just getting out a Betty Crocker cake mix for every birthday, but it's well worth the effort! I got this recipe from my mother-in-law. At my in-laws is where I first tasted this awesome cake. My father-in-law usually bakes it every year for her for her birthday :) And now at my birthday, I request it as well!


Toll House Cookie Cake

Combine in a bowl & set aside:

2 1/4 cup unsifted flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt

In a large bowl, combine with a mixer, until creamy:

1/2 cup butter (softened)
1 1/2 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs (beat in one at a time)

Alternately blend in flour mixture and 1 1/4 cups milk.

Stir in half a package of semi-sweet chocolate chips (mini chips work best).

Pour into two, 8 inch round cake pans that have been greased & lined with wax paper.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes.

Cool 15 minutes in the pan and then remove to wire racks. Frosten with chocolate frosting.

Enjoy!

Orange Oatmeal Cookies

1/2 cup butter (or margarine)
1 cup light brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. grated orange peel
1/4 cup orange juice
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 cups oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together in separate bowl: flour, baking powder and soda, salt and nutmeg.

In large bowl, cream butter & sugar until fluffy.

Beat in egg, orange peel and juice.

Gradually add flour mixture. Add oats until well mixed.

Drop by heaping teaspoonful on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes, until golden around edges.

My Notes:

These cookies are wonderfully moist and I must say that the more grated orange peel the better - it makes the cookies more flavorful. I also happened to have some orange extract in my cupboard, so I added a tiny amount of that as well. I tasted the batter and thought it needed something, so I added more grated orange peel and a bit of cinnamon as well. I made this recipe gluten free by substituting the 1 cup of flour for a gluten free flour mixture I have on hand, as well as the addition of 1/4 tsp. of xanthan gum. No one could tell the cookies were gluten free - and my gluten-free husband quickly devoured them and my kids loved them too. Hope you enjoy!