Chocolate Oreo Cake

 Chocolate Oreo Cake

Cake:

2 C. sugar                                         2 eggs

1 ¾ C. flour                                       1 C. milk

¾ C. Hershey’s cocoa                    ½ C. oil

1 ½ tsp. baking powder                  2 tsp. vanilla

1 ½ tsp. baking soda                      1 C. boiling water

1 tsp. salt

15 Oreos:  separate, cut cream sides in half.  Reserve remaining cookie sides.

Pre-heat oven to 350.  Prepare two 9 inch cake pans, line with parchment, grease and lightly flour. 

Place halved cream side cookies in one pan- cream side up.

Sift together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. 

Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.

Stir in boiling water.  (Batter will be thin.)   Bake 30-35 minutes.  Cool 10 minutes.  Remove from pans and cool completely. 

Frosting:

½ cup butter, melted

2/3 cup cocoa

3 cups powdered sugar

½ cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla

Stir butter into cocoa. Alternately add sugar and milk, beat to spreading consistency.

Filling:

1/3 cup whipping cream

2 tsp. powdered sugar

small dash vanilla

1/8 C. Oreo cookie crumbs, from reserved Oreo cookie sides. 

Whip cream, sugar and vanilla until stiff.  Gently fold in crumbs. 

Place cake layer with Oreos on the bottom of serving plate.  Frost, then make a dam with frosting around the edge.  Spread filling in center of cake.  Place remaining layer and frost. 

Optional: Cut more Oeros in half and pave around bottom edge of cake.