This Oreo Cake is a surprise-inside cake with chocolate layers, an Oreo filling, covered in chocolate buttercream and topped with Oreo cookie crumbs. Found in Amanda Rettke’s (I am Baker) cookbook, Surprise-Inside Cakes.
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Chocolate Cake – follows
- 1 15.25- ounce package Oreos
- 1 recipe Oreo Filling – follows
- 1 recipe Chocolate Buttercream – follows
- 1 premade Oreo pie crust or 24 Oreos with fillings removed and ground fine in food processor
Chocolate Cake
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 ½ cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt Amanda used sour cream in the cookbook
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup hot coffee
- 1 cup milk chocolate about 4 ounces finely chopped
Oreo Filling
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup shortening
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 – 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 to 5 cups confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
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