Kayla’s Decadent Chocolate Cake with Oreo Cream Cheese Frosting

So it was my turn on the write to cook and I chose to bake a decadent chocolate cake with Oreo cream cheese frosting! It was my second time making this cake and it went excellently! I got the idea from a friend making an ice cream cake but there wouldn’t be enough time for ice cream so I substituted with cookies and cream cream cheese icing. The cream cheese icing is the icing my friend puts on all cakes and cupcakes and that’s why I chose this recipe!

Cake Ingredients:

• 200 g butter (I used 2 sticks)

• 200 g dark chocolate

‣ 1 Hershey’s Kitchens unsweetened baking bar

‣ + 1 Lindt sea salt chocolate bar

• 8 eggs

• 200 g sugar

• 100 g flour

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Cake Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees;
2.  Line the bottom of 2 round cake pans with parchment paper and spray bottom and sides with  baking spray;
3.  Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan over very low heat, stirring continuously until     chocolate has melted. Set aside to cool;
4.  In large bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs;
5.  Combine sugar and eggs with the melted chocolate mixture;
6.  Add salt and vanilla extract
7. With an electric mixer, SLOWLY add flour to avoid clumps and mix until fully combined;
8. Pour equal amounts into both baking pans;
9.  Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 15-20 minutes;
10.  Let cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pans to cool completely.

“Remember—make sure you allow the chocolate to cool before adding it to the eggs!”

— Sophia Papadopoulo

Icing Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick) at room temperature

• 8 oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (1square package) at room temperature

• 5 cups icing sugar

• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

• 15 Oreo cookies crushed and froze

Icing Directions:

1.  In a VERY LARGE BOWL, combine butter, cream cheese, and vanilla extract;
2. Small bowl= sugar tornado in the kitchen!
3.  With an electric mixer, starting on LOW speed, slowly add the icing sugar. You may only need 4 cups rather than 5;
4. When desired consistency is reached, add frozen Oreos and mix well;
5. Spread icing between layers, and over cooled cake, top with caramel bits if desired,
6. cool in fridge for 15 minutes and enjoy

Sophia gives advice...

The fine art of Oreo crushing!