Delicious, moist chocolate cake, Oreo Swiss Meringue Buttercream topped with a chocolate ganache, can anyone say......yes please!!! If there is only one thing that you could try making this summer then I say TRY THIS recipe. It's so simple and so good. The great thing is that you can frost a cake with this buttercream or cupcakes, both are good and easy. I made these mini cakes for my nephew's 14th birthday and they were a hit. My nephew has food allergies, which required many changes to the originally recipe but I'm happy to say that his cake turned out the perfectly and he loved it.
I have made this buttercream quite a few times now,it's so tasty. If you love Oreo cookies, if you love chocolate or if you just love sweets this one is for you :) No witty words or fancy wording needed here I will let the pictures do the talking......this cake was adapted from Bakers Royal blog site, check it out here.
~ Mini Chocolate Oreo Cakes ~
Deep Dark Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1-3/4 cup all purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup boiling water
Heat oven to 350 f. Grease and line with waxed paper two
9-inch round pans or if making mini cakes grease and line
with waxed paper 9x13 cookie sheet . Bake cakes in cookie
sheet, cool completely then cut out 4-inch or 5- inch circles
for mini cakes. Save the cake scraps for cake pops. You can
bake them in mini cake pans if you have them but the
cookie sheet technique works great. I found it very quick
and simple to make a larger amount of mini cake rounds this
way. When your making a dozen mini cakes each 3 layers
high, quick and simple is the way to go :)
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 min. Stir in boiling water(batter will
be thin) Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake 30-35 min or until wooden pick inserted comes out
clean.... approximately 15-20 min for cookie sheets. Cool
completely.......
OR you can just used chocolate cake mix if your short on
time. Bake in cookie sheet and cut out rounds for mini
cakes.
~ Oreo Buttercream Frosting ~
5 egg whites
1-1/4 cup sugar
1 cup butter, softened and
cubed
1 tbsp vanilla
1 -1/4 crushed Oreo cookies
Put a pot half filled with water on
burner and bring to simmer.
Remove bowl from
heat and place back on
stand mixer. Beat
mixture on medium
until it becomes
glossy,shiny
and stiff peaks begin
Add butter, a few
pieces at a time and
beat to combine after
each addition.
Mixture may look
curdled halfway
through, but continue
adding the butter
and beating and the
mixture will be smooth
again.
~ Chocolate Ganache ~
2/3 dark chocolate
2 tbsp heavy cream
4 tbsp powered sugar
4-5 tbsp warm water
Place chocolate and heavy cream in a bowl over simmering
water. Let chocolate and cream sit for 2-3 minutes to melt
without stirring. Then slowly stir mixture to combine. Add
powdered sugar and mix to combine. Add water 1
tablespoon at a time, mixing after each addition until pouring
consistency is reached. Set aside and let sauce cool to
warm.
Assembly:
Prepare cakes and cool thoroughly or bake and chill
overnight. Make frosting and sauce.
Slice each cake into three layers or use 3 cutout mini cakes
rounds.
Frost the top of each layer with frosting and then cover
hour, so the frosting does not melt when it comes into
contact with the warm chocolate sauce. Remove mini Oreo
cake/s from freezer and pour chocolate sauce on top. Pipe a
small dollop of frosting on top and then place mini Oreo in
center.
~ Enjoy ~
See, if a picture is worth a thousand words, you'd still be reading for a long time. But like these delightful mini cakes the message here today is short and sweet.
Oh and by the way apparently Oreo turned 100 years old this year and that's reason enough to celebrate by making these cakes and....what could possibly be better than cake, how about cake and ice cream...yay!!
Check this out....http://www.breyers.com/product/detail/113585/oreo-birthday-blast
Oreo Birthday Blast....oh my!!!
Chocolate Cupcake with Oreo Swiss Meringue Buttercream!!
My nephew's gluten free, dairy free, egg free, Mini Oreo Chocolate Cake. Just because you or someone you know has certain food allergy doesn't mean that you can't modify a recipe to suit anyone. Not only did it look the same but it tasted the same. I even topped it with a homemade Oreo cookie. If anyone is interested in this version and need the recipe just message me and I will post it :)
Happy Baking and Thanks for stopping by,
4 comments:
Drool.........
That looks ah-maz-ing! Can you post the GF, DF, EF version? Thanks :)
These mini cakes ROCK! Very moist , creamy and rich. Jonah LOVED it.
So glad that he did and I know we enjoyed our's too right
...no leftovers here...hee,hee!
I was wondering if you could clarify how much Oreo cookies go into the buttercream. Do you mean one-two individual Oreo cookies?
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