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Cookies ‘n Cream Cake
Filed under dessert - cakes/cupcakesSep 9
When you make a recipe from an online source where people can leave reviews of the recipe, do you usually read them?? I love to skim through them for some helpful tips – especially if adding one thing or changing another thing make the recipe better. But sometimes I just really like to read through them because they make me laugh. Like when someone bashes on a recipe, but then says all of the changes they made to the recipe, which basically completely changed it. Or when an important ingredient is substituted – like using brown sugar instead of white sugar, which totally changes the recipe.Well, when you read the title for this recipe – Cookies ‘n Cream Cake, and see that one of the ingredients is chocolate sandwich cookies – aka Oreos – wouldn’t you have some sort of an idea that this cake just may taste like Oreos?? I had to laugh when one reviewer complained because it tasted like the middle of an Oreo cookie. Not quite sure what they were expecting!!
That being said – this icing does taste a lot like the filling of an Oreo cookie. I found it a bit too sweet for my taste, but I often feel like that about frostings. But this was a huge hit with the kids I served this to, and it was a beautiful cake!! Do be aware, though, that the frosting does have raw egg whites in it, so if you are paranoid about that, you may want to skip this frosting recipe.
Cookies ‘n Cream Cake
adapted from allrecipes.comMakes 1 9-inch layer cake
1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 egg whites
2 cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs
3 cups confectioners’ sugar
3/4 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg whites
12 chocolate sandwich cookiesPreheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
In a large bowl, mix the cake mix, water, oil and 3 egg whites with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Gently stir in crushed cookies. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove from pans, and completely cool on racks.
To make frosting: In a small bowl, thoroughly blend the 1/2 cup confectioners sugar, shortening, vanilla, and 2 egg whites. Beat in remaining confectioners sugar until creamy. Frost the cake and garnish with the remaining cookies.
18 Responses to “Cookies ‘n Cream Cake”
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Rosa's Yummy Yums said on September 9th, 2009 at 6:47 am
I love the presentation! That cake must taste heavenly!
Cheers,
Rosa
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Sylvie said on September 9th, 2009 at 9:27 am
I've read some great online reviews in my time, too! The cake looks fabulous.
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Barbara said on September 9th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Fun cake. And I hope it indeed tastes like oreo cookies!
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kat said on September 9th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I always read those reviews online but take them with a grain of salt just like you said. often though people have really good suggestions.
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Katrina said on September 9th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
That IS a good-looker!
I, too, find it funny to read recipe reviews for the same reasons you mentioned! (Get a clue, people.) [Reply]
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Ellen said on September 9th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I love anything cookies & creme, so I think I'll try this out. If anyone's concerned about the eggs, they should used a pasteurized egg like Davidson's.
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Grace said on September 9th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
well, considering that i'm one of those folks who lick the middle of the oreo and look for someone else to consume the rest, i suspect that i'd love this frosting. the cake wouldn't hurt going down, either.
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Patricia Scarpin said on September 9th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Deb, some people are just crazy.
Some comments are really useful – I cut back the salt in a cake because of the comments on Martha's website – but some are just b.s.
Your cake looks so beautiful! I'm in for anything Oreos.
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Ingrid said on September 9th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I bet it was good, even better than the version I made which was a chocolate cake.
Yeah, I think it's crazy when they bash the recipe after they've totally altered it.
~ingrid[Reply]
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Kim said on September 9th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I know what you mean about people who review recipes. I find it especially true on websites. I think if you have something constructive to say then it's all good. But, if you just say "I don't like it", then it really doesn't help anyone. Anyway, I pretty much like everything, so you'll never hear me say the opposite. This cake is fabulous!! I made a different version awhile back and the kids and adults devoured it! It certainly is a looker : )
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Abby said on September 9th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
It would be a hit at work, too. Similar to feeding children for some reason. HA.
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Sophie said on September 9th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
I do enjoy reading reviews for the same reasons
!! I think most folks would like it tasting like oreo filling, lol, so I laughed when you mentioned what they said. I'm usually the kind of person that takes off a lot of frosting…but I might have to reconsider if it tastes like oreos .[Reply]
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Justin said on September 10th, 2009 at 2:36 am
i was just thinking about something like this because i was in a park over the weekend and saw an ice cream guy selling those oreo ice cream bars, the ones with crushed oreos on the outside. i was drooling over the thought of them, and so my girlfriend bought me one. then i was thinking about what I could bake with oreos in it or on it… this fits the bill.
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Maria said on September 10th, 2009 at 3:40 am
I love black and white. Great job on this cake!
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eatme_delicious said on September 10th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
What a beautiful cake! I always read reviews for recipes I'm going to make and usually find them really helpful. That's funny that someone complained about this cake tasting like the inside of an oreo haha.
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The Purple Foodie said on September 11th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I love how delicious the cake looks, Deborah! When you started the post by talking about how you check recipe reviews, I began to think how I do that at Allrecipes. And right enough, the recipe turned out to be from Allrecipes! hehe
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Peabody said on October 7th, 2009 at 2:51 am
That looks killer.
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Michelle said on January 24th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
making this cake today deb!
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