Oreo Cookie Layer Cake

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Oreo Cookie Layer Cake
Serves 8 as a Layered Cake
24 as Cupcakes

Note: The cake portion of this recipe is actually our Devil’s Food Cake of yore. The only difference is the very-delicious addition of Oreos to the batter. As for the icing – this is a basic Confectioner’s sugar/butter/milk icing with once again, a healthy dose of crumbled cookies. Simple and seriously sinful!

Ingredients:
For the cake:
½ cup hot, brewed coffee- stock
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder – stock
½ cup buttermilk – $2.49
1 Teaspoon vanilla – stock
2 cups all-purpose flour – stock
1 Teaspoon baking soda
1 Teaspoon salt
1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, softened – stock
2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed – stock
2 large eggs – stock
¾ cup mini Oreos, chopped – $2.50
For the Icing:
4 ½ cups Confectioner’s sugar – $2.29
1 ½ sticks sweet butter, softened – stock
1 Teaspoon vanilla – stock
6 – 8 Tablespoons milk – stock
½ cup crushed Oreos – included above
Grand Total Assuming a Well-Stocked Kitchen: $7.28
Total Per Slice: $0.91
Total Per Cuppie: $0.30

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter or spray (i.e. Pam) the bottom and sides of 2- 9” round cake pans. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit each round bottom and place in pans. Spray or butter the parchment and lightly flour the bottoms, knocking out the excess flour over the sink.

2. Prepare the cake. In a small bowl, whisk together the hot coffee and the ¾ cup of cocoa powder. Add the buttermilk and vanilla, whisking well. Set aside.

3. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

4. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter. Gradually add the brown sugar, beating until light. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

5. Using the lowest setting on your mixer, add the flour mixture alternately with the cocoa-butter mixture, Beat until just combined. (I finish this part by hand, so that the cake is moist and not over beaten.)

6. By hand, stir in the chopped Oreos.

7. Divide the batter evenly between the 2 prepared pans.

8. Bake for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with a few crumbs clinging to the shaft. Cool on wire racks for 10 minutes. Run a sharp knife along the sides of the pans to loosen the edges. Invert onto wire racks lined with foil. Remove the parchment paper.

7. Allow to cool completely before icing.

8. In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter with the Confectioner’s sugar. Add the vanilla. Gradually add the milk, beating well, until the icing is a good spreading consistency.

9. Stir in the crushed Oreos, incorporating well.

10. Spread icing evenly over the bottom layer. Add the top layer, spreading icing across it’s top. Using the remaining icing, spread evenly along the sides of the cake. Sprinkle the top with a dusting of some more crushed Oreos and garnish with any leftover cookies.