This is a standard in my repertoire.
Very popular cake.
It consists of my "best chocolate cake" recipe with an icing of all the usual good stuff (cream cheese, butter, and heavy cream) laced with crushed Oreos.
Once a year Rob's aunt has a party/reunion out in Pennsylvania.
Last year I made a German's chocolate cake, which was a hit. So i went down the chocolate route again.
Plus if you look back at my previous post I have a giant box of Oreos in the house that I have to use up!
Also this cake is HUGE so it is good if you are going to a big gathering.
"Best Chocolate Cake" (it really is the best!)
3 oz dark chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups hot coffee
3 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups cocoa
2tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 300.
Chop chocolate and pour hot coffee over it. Let stand stirring occasionally until chips dissolve.
Sift together dry ingredients.
Beat eggs until lemon color. Add oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and chocolate mixture.
Add dry to wet and beat until just combined.
Divide between three 10" pans lined with parchment
Bake for 1 hr.
Oreo Icing
2 sticks butter
16 oz cream cheese
2 cups heavy whipping cream
4 cups confectioners sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 sleeves Oreos (crushed or pulsed in processor)
2 sleeves whole Oreos
Make sure the butter and the cream cheese are set out to come to room temp. (This is vital or the icing will have little butter lumps in it.)
Whip the 2 cups of cream and refrigerate.
Whip together the butter and cream cheese.
Add the vanilla.
Add the sugar one cup at a time until smooth.
Fold in the whipped cream.
Divide in half.
Add crushed Oreos to 1/2. (Leave the other 1/2 plain.)
Assemble the cake:
Place on layer of cake on plate.
Cover with 1/2 of crushed Oreo icing.
Add layer of cake.
Cover with remaining 1/2 of crushed Oreo icing.
Add final layer of cake.
Cover entire cake with plain icing.
Split whole Ores in half and line edge of cake.
Decorate top with additional crushed Oreos.
I have no pictures of slices bc it was eaten up in 14.47 minutes!!
