A Monster Dessert

Caitlin Morath  

Pake

Prompted by a cheesy lifetime original series and a long running bet, I managed to create one of the greatest dessert mash-ups known to man. My mother’s favorite TV show referred to it as a Pake, my friends christened it a frosted pie. Me, I call it “The Monster.”

This massive dessert combines a pie crust, chocolate chip cookies, cake and frosting. Layer it together bake it up for an hour and enjoy the sugary goodness. Recipe:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

2. Start with a pie crust. You can spend time making it yourself, but with the amount of layers going into one dessert I would recommend skipping the Martha Stewart moment and just grabbing a frozen crust next time you’re perusing down the aisles at Meijer

3. Next, whip up some chocolate chip cookie dough, and layer it, about an inch thick, into the pie crust. (See that’s a much easier way to bring in a semi-homemade touch.)

4. Now pour on some cake batter until the pan is 2/3 full.

5. Place the glorious dessert you’ve constructed into the oven and bake for 40 min, and then start checking the cake every few minutes until the center is cooked.

6. While you wait for the monster to bake I recommend spooning out your cookies and pouring your cupcakes, because there’s a lot of excess dessert lined up waiting for its moment in the oven.

7. Once your masterpiece has cooled, glob on some frosting and prepare for a sugar high!