Cookies and Cream Cake

I have been wanting to make a cake for the blog and so many varieties to choose from !     There is one thing with me baking a cake has always been so easy but decor is tough if your not prepared . No  cake lasts more than 3 days at home and so much plea from my kids especially Faizan . I have chosen oreo chocolate and butter cream .and thats ..wow in goodness – I love to decorate the cake more than having them actually.  And baking is fun  ! I love my sweet tooth but only limited.I don’t like them overly sweet, so my cakes is absolutely low in sugar most of the time .. only to the minimum.

OK, so coming back to wanting to bake a cake, my faizu wanted a special delicious chocolate cake .  I kept looking for recipes up and down and googled a lot. but most of the cakes had lots of colorful ingredients in it, which was disappointing as i dont like the aspect of giving colors to the cake .   Most of the cakes had a  sugary frosting loaded with it, but that’s not  what I wanted too.  I wanted a cake that is simple but loud on the table thats chocolaty and crunchy in every bite,so i adapted the recipe from here . And this one is exactly like how I wanted it to be…so here we go .

Ingredients

For the Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup powders sugar
 1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
3 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
 1 cup chopped Oreos ( i used three packs)

For the Buttercream:

1 1/2 cup butter 340g, room temp
5 cups confectionary sugar.
 1and  1/3 cups crushed oreos
1/4 cup heavy cream
 a pinch of salt.

For the Ganache

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 200g
200 gms Heavy cream  heated

Method

For the Cake

Butter and flour a  three ,six inch pans.

With the egg beater ,beat butter( at room temperature) until light and fluffy.

In a large bowl , sift dry ingredients.

Add the dry ingredients to butter . Beat well.

Scrape the sides well.

Mix wet ingredients in a bowl .

Add the wet ingredients  and  mix well

Next combine  in crushed Oreos and mix until just combined.

Divide equally  into the cake pans

Bake at 340 for 30minutes or until the centers are just soft  to the touch.

For the Buttercream

Beat the butter until light and fluffy. Mix the confectioners' sugar and beat well.

Reserve one cup of the buttercream for the frosting.

Mix in the crushed Oreos  to the buttercream.

For the Ganache

Melt chocolate and cream together on low heat. Whisk together and set aside.

For the Assembly

Oreo buttercream goes between each layer as well as a swirl of chocolate.

Coat outside with buttercream and smooth.

Add a skirt of crushed Oreos at the bottom of the cake
 Smooth top of the cake.
Drip the ganache all through the sides of the cake.

Pipe white buttercream dollops on top.