Chocolate cake, cream cheese frosting, and chocolate sandwich cookies come together to create a wonderfully unique and delicious Cookies and Cream Cake.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cake, chocolate cake, cookies and cream, oreo
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans (Line the bottom of each pan with a round of parchment paper, then butter the parchment.) Lightly dust the pans with flour, shaking out the excess. Set aside. (Instead of buttering and dusting, I just used an "oil baking spray with flour." Worked like a charm!)
Combine the chopped chocolate and cocoa powder in a small bowl. Add instant coffee granules to a cup of boiling water. Then pour the coffee into the chocolate and whisk until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until combined. In another bowl, stir together the sour cream, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Add the liquid ingredients and the melted chocolate to the dry ingredients, and using a hand mixer (or stand mixer), beat on medium speed for two minutes.
Pour the batter into the cake pans and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cakes in their pans on a rack for 30 minutes. Then remove from pans and allow to cool completely.
With an electric mixer, fitted with a whisk attachment; beat butter, salt, and cream cheese (on medium speed) until completely smooth. Add 2 cups of powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating after each addition. Add vanilla and about 1 tablespoon of cream, and continue beating. Slowly add the remaining 2 cups of powdered sugar, one cup at a time. Add an additional 1-2 tablespoons cream until desired consistency is reached.
Frost your cake with a layer of cream cheese frosting between the two cakes.
After your cake is frosted, chop up some Oreo cookies into bite-sized chunks and put them on your cake. Be as fancy as you like with your decoration or keep things simple and rustic with a mound on top.