While the smoke subsides (glad to still have my lungs, LOUD applause for firefighters!), 4th of July is this weekend, and summer has officially arrived! We heralded the summer by inviting friends for a serious bbq dinner, complete with grilled Vietnamese pork ribs, teriyaki ribeye steaks, veggies, mac-n-cheese (I gained weight just looking at that side dish), and another Sanibel mermaid cake, Oreo cookie cake. Crushed Oreos baked into a butter yellow cake with Oreos in the frosting, too - oh yeah, baby. Here's the recipe:
For cake:
1 box Duncan Hines butter yellow cake mix (need butter, eggs, and water for this)
1.5 - 2 cups of crushed Oreo cookies
For frosting:
2 8 oz bars of neufchatel cheese (softened to room temp)
2 cups crushed Oreo cookies
2 sticks of butter (softened to room temp)
2 cups confectioners sugar
2 tbsp pure vanilla extract (not the imitation cheap stuff please)
Prepare the butter yellow cake according to instructions - of the 2 cake buttered pans you'll use, place 1.5 or 2 cups of crushed Oreos (if you're a real Oreo cookie lover, add more Oreos) on bottom of plan. Put batter on top of crushed Oreos; bake both cakes in 2 pans (you need 2 layers, only the top 1 layer has Oreos baked into it). While cakes are cooling, prepare the frosting:
On low to medium setting, whip the neufchatel cheese, butter, confectioners sugar and vanilla extract until well blended. With a spatula, mix in crushed Oreos into frosting until well incorporated. To frost cake: place plain cake layer on bottom, invert the top layer so baked Oreo cookie side is in the middle of 2 layers. Frost entire cake. Expect loud groans of joy.
For cake:
1 box Duncan Hines butter yellow cake mix (need butter, eggs, and water for this)
1.5 - 2 cups of crushed Oreo cookies
For frosting:
2 8 oz bars of neufchatel cheese (softened to room temp)
2 cups crushed Oreo cookies
2 sticks of butter (softened to room temp)
2 cups confectioners sugar
2 tbsp pure vanilla extract (not the imitation cheap stuff please)
Prepare the butter yellow cake according to instructions - of the 2 cake buttered pans you'll use, place 1.5 or 2 cups of crushed Oreos (if you're a real Oreo cookie lover, add more Oreos) on bottom of plan. Put batter on top of crushed Oreos; bake both cakes in 2 pans (you need 2 layers, only the top 1 layer has Oreos baked into it). While cakes are cooling, prepare the frosting:
On low to medium setting, whip the neufchatel cheese, butter, confectioners sugar and vanilla extract until well blended. With a spatula, mix in crushed Oreos into frosting until well incorporated. To frost cake: place plain cake layer on bottom, invert the top layer so baked Oreo cookie side is in the middle of 2 layers. Frost entire cake. Expect loud groans of joy.
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