These Black Forest Cookie Cakes are thick, soft and ultra fudgy, with a rich chocolate cookie cake base packed with fresh cherries and finished with a smooth vanilla cherry chunk buttercream. Rich, chocolatey and just a little bit elegant, this recipe is perfect for anyone who loves the classic chocolate-and-cherry combination — with the thick, indulgent cookie cake texture Crave Cookie Cakes is known for. This digital recipe download includes: 🩷 Step-by-step instructions for the chocolate cherry cookie cake base and vanilla cherry chunk buttercream 🩷 Ingredient measurements in both cups and grams 🩷 Portion sizes, scoop sizes and approximate yields 🩷 Instructions to bake this recipe 4 ways: mini cookie cakes, boxed cookie cakes, cookie cupcakes or cookie cake bites 🩷 The Cookie Cake Breakdown with guidance for the pans, scoops and packaging used for each format 🩷 Ingredient-specific tips and recipe notes 🩷 Storage, freezing, make-ahead and serving guidance 🩷 Real-life troubleshooting for dough consistency, baking and buttercream 🩷 Gluten-free 1:1 substitution guidance 🩷 A supply guide featuring the baking tools, pans, packaging and decorating supplies I personally use Perfect for birthdays, celebrations, seasonal menus, bake sales or adding a rich chocolate-fruit flavour to your home bakery lineup. This recipe has been developed specifically for baking in the individual tins and pans outlined in the guide, helping you achieve that thick, soft-centred bakery-style result across multiple product formats. DIGITAL DOWNLOAD This is a digital recipe PDF. No physical product will be shipped. Your download will be available electronically after purchase. ⚠️ Please note: This recipe may be used by the purchaser for personal baking or to create finished baked goods for sale. The recipe file itself may not be copied, shared, distributed, reproduced or resold in any format. Due to the nature of digital downloads, all sales are final and non-refundable.