Oreo Cake with Cookies and Cream Frosting
Oreo Cake with Cookies and Cream Frosting Recipes
Ingredients
Oreo Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (375 grams)
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter (226 grams) slightly softened, cut into cubes
- 1 ¾ cup granulated sugar (350 grams)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (15 ml) or canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 5 large egg whites discard the yolks
- 1 ¼ cup whole milk (300 ml) 2% is OK, do not use skim milk
- 8 Oreo cookies chopped
Oreo Frosting
- 10 Oreo cookies
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter (340 grams) slightly softened & cut into cubes
- 4-5 cups powdered sugar (440-550 grams) sift
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3-5 tablespoons whipping cream (45-75 ml)
Instructions
Oreo Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C). Line the bottom of two 9-inch cake pans or two 8-inch cake pans with 2 inch sides with parchment paper and lightly grease the sides. If using a 9x13 inch pan, simply grease the pan.
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Then whisk together. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Add in the sugar a little at a time and continue beating until all the sugar is incorporated. Then beat in the oil and vanilla extract.
- Beat in the egg whites one at a time, stopping as soon as you no longer see pieces of egg. Turn off the mixer and scrape down the bottom and sides of the bowl a few times about ½ way through.
- With the mixer on a low speed, beat in about ⅓ of the dry ingredients. Then beat in about ½ of the milk. Stop mixing as soon as each addition is incorporated. Turn off the mixer and scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Beat in about ⅓ more of the dry ingredients, followed by about ⅓ more of the milk. Then beat in the rest of the dry ingredients until just combined, or whisk in by hand to avoid overmixing.
- Fold in the chopped Oreo cookies using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon.
- Distribute the batter evenly between your prepared cake pans.
- Bake cakes in the middle of the preheated oven - be sure that both cake pans are on the same baking rack. Two 9-inch round pans will take about 35-40 minutes to bake. Two 8-inch round cake pans (with 2-inch sides) will take about 40-45 minutes. When the cakes are done baking, an inserted toothpick should come out clean and the cakes should be starting to pull away from the edges of the pan.
- Cool the cakes in the pans for at least 15 minutes, then carefully transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Oreo Frosting
- Crush the Oreo cookies (wafers and filling) - either in a food processor or by placing in a freezer bag and crush with a rolling pin. If you plan to use a piping bag, be sure to use a food processor and ensure that the cookies are incredibly fine crumbs - otherwise they'll clog the piping bag.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth.
- Add in 3 cups powdered sugar, along with the vanilla extract and salt. Start with the mixer on a low speed and gently increase to medium speed until combined.
- Beat in the rest of the powdered sugar about ½ cup at a time, alternating with 1 tablespoon of cream as needed until the desired sweetness and thickness is reached. Adding more cream will make the frosting thinner.
- Then mix in the crushed Oreos. If you need the frosting to be a bit thicker, then beat in a little more powdered sugar.
Assembling and Frosting the Cake
- Ensure that the cake layers are fully cooled. If the tops of your cakes are domed, then gently saw off the rounded tops of the cakes using a cake leveler or a serrated knife.
- Place one cake layer on the plate or cake stand that you plan to serve the cake on. Optionally, place a few strips of baking paper around the edges of the cake to keep the plate clean.
- Frost the top of the cake layer with about ⅓ of the frosting (or about ¼ of the frosting if making a 3-layer cake).
- Place the second cake layer on top. Frost the sides of the cake with a thin layer of frosting to seal in any cake crumbs. Then frost the sides and top using thick swirls of frosting.
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