Thursday, January 31, 2008

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.

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