Oreo Cake

Guess you can tell by now that this cook has a sweet tooth? Oh, but not just a sweet tooth, hers is a chocolate sweet tooth!

*I picked this out of a magazine - who knows which one.

Ingredients:

1 pkg. (18 oz) devil's food cake mix

1 pkg (3.9) instant chocolate pudding

3 eggs

1/2 cup canola oil

10 creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreos), coarsely chopped, 1 cup (I likely used a Save-alot brand)

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips ( I used regular)

1/2 cup butter at room temp

2 cups confectioners' sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1-2 Tbsp milk

2 cans frosting

Additional cookies, optional

DIRECTIONS:

-Preheat oven to 350. Coat 2 (round or square) 9" pans.

-At low speed, beat cake mix, pudding mix, 1 cup water, eggs, and oil for 30 seconds.

-Increase speed to medium-high; beat 2 minutes.

-Reduce speed to low; beat chopped cookies and chips into batter.

-Divide batter between two pans.

-Bake for 30-35 minutes until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

-Cool 20 minutes.

-Remove from pans; cool completely on rack. (Very important that it cools completely-filling will melt and make a mess if the cake is not cool!)

FOR FILLING:

At medium speed beat butter until smooth. Reduce speed to low.

Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until well combined. (Will be thick at this point)

Beat in milk, 1Tbsp at a time until smooth and fluffy.

Place 1 (completely cool) cake layer on serving plate; evenly spread with filling.

Place remaining cake layer over filling, top side up.

**Ice cake with chocolate frosting and garnish with extra cookies, as desired.