Description
This delicious Brown Sugar Buttercream Cake is layered with a sweetened condensed milk filling and topped with mini chocolate chips.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 sticks salted butter, softened
- 1½ cups brown sugar
- 4 eggs, at room temp
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 2/3 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 cup milk
- 4 Tbsp salted butter, at room
- 6 Tbsp packed brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp flour
- 7 oz (1/2 can) sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 Batch of Brown Sugar Buttercream
- 1 Batch of Fresh Chocolate Chip Cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and brown sugar.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
- Add vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the milk to the batter, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
- Divide the batter between (2) prepared 8 or 9 inch pans.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, flip out onto a wire rack, and allow to cool completely.
- Cream together the butter and brown sugar for about 2 minutes.
- Add in the vanilla, then flour, and then the sweetened condensed milk.
- Gently stir in the mini chocolate chips.
- Spread the filling on one layer of the cake, then put on the top layer.
- Make a dam of frosting on the edges and fill in the middle to prevent spilling.
- Frost the cake and decorate with cookies and/or chocolate chips.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Use homemade cake release for easier removal of the cakes from the pans.
- This filling is squishy; adjust your frosting strategy accordingly.
- Don’t be tempted to eat the leftover sweetened condensed milk straight from the can!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 59g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 120mg