Oreo Blackout Cake
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Crust
- 27 Oreo cookies, finely crushed
- 5 tablespoons melted butter
Cake
- 16 Oreo cookies, coarsely crushed
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 1⁄3 cups sugar
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2⁄3 cup sour cream
- 2 1⁄2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
Filling
- 5 teaspoons butter
- 2 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄4 cup milk (approximately)
Frosting
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 2 1⁄3 cups powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 cup good cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄4 cup milk (approximately)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- For the crust: Grease two 9" round cake pans and dust with cocoa.
- Crush oreos and combine with butter.
- Pat into one of the pans.
- Bake 5 minutes.
- Set both pans aside.
- For the cake: Combine Oreo crumbs, flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Set aside Cream butter and sugar.
- Add egg yolks, sour cream, melted chocolate and vanilla.
- Add the water and stir till blended.
- Beat at medium speed for one minute.
- Whip egg whites to soft peak.
- Fold into batter by hand.
- Divide batter into the two prepared pans (one has a cookie crust and one doesn't) Bake at 350 or until top springs back (15-25 minutes) The pan with the cookie bottom takes approximately 5 minutes longer.
- Remove the cakes from the pans and refrigerate.
- For the filling: Combine all ingredients and beat until of spreading consistency Place the cake layer with the cookie crust on a plate.
- Spread filling, reserving some for garnish.
- Top with the other cake.
- For the frosting: Beat the frosting ingredients together until of spreading consistency Frost the cake.
- For the garnish: Press additional crushed oreos on sides of cake.
- Pipe reserved filling on top in little clouds Press a quarter Oreo (or a mini Oreo) into each puff.
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