Description
This cookies and cream cake turns a love for Oreos into a decadent 4-layer cake! With rich and fudgy chocolate cake layers frosted with fluffy buttercream and filled with Oreo frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Chocolate Cake
- 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons brewed coffee
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
For the Vanilla Buttercream
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup vegetable shortening (Crisco)
- 7 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 30 Oreos, crushed (2/3 of pack)
Instructions
For the Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Coat 2 8- inch round cake pans with nonstick spray and line the bottoms with parchment rounds. Coat the parchment paper in nonstick spray and set the pans aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix the butter and sugars together for 2 minutes on medium-high speed, until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time and then add vanilla. Mix well, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In another bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, coffee and sour cream.
- On low speed, add in alternating additions the flour mixture and the milk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Scrape down sides when necessary. Mix until just incorporated.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until center is set.
- Cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove cakes from pans and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the Buttercream
- On medium-high speed in the bowl of your stand mixer, mix the butter and shortening together for 2 minutes until smooth.
- Slowly add in the powdered sugar, scraping the sides when necessary.
- Add the cream and vanilla and beat at medium speed until it reaches the consistency you like, adding more cream if you’d prefer.
- Set aside 2 cups of plain buttercream. Now on low speed, combine the crushed Oreos with the frosting until they are mixed in thoroughly.
To Assemble
- When the cake layers are completely cooled, cut each in half to make 4 layers. Layer the cake with the Oreo buttercream.
- Once layered, use the reserved vanilla buttercream to frost the outside of the cake. Decorate as you like!
Notes
Store airtight at room temperature for up to 3 days. Or store airtight in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.