death by cookies cake

"Death by Cookies" Cake with OREO buttercream

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"Death by Cookies" Cake with OREO buttercream

If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen the cake that I made for my hubby’s birthday a couple weekends ago. If you don’t follow me on Instagram… sniff, sniff, that’s so sad and you are really missing out.

Anyway, I was excited to give this cake a try because I wanted to do something I hadn’t done before. You see, I’d already baked a pie inside of a cake, and a cheesecake inside of a cake, so it was time to try something different…

You’ve guessed it, it was time to attempt baking a chocolate chip cookie inside of a cake.

"Death by Cookies" Cake with OREO buttercream

I did some searching online and although I saw similar attempts, a lot of people used a cookie dough with no eggs in it. It just seemed too difficult to rework my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and I figured it would bake through just fine so I just decided to forge ahead and cross my fingers.

If I was stuffing the inside with a chocolate chip cookie, I knew I wanted to use one of my favorite frostings on the outside—rich, delicious OREO buttercream. I also decided to pour a chocolate ganache on the top.

You know, because there wasn’t enough chocolate and sugar in this cake already.

Cake ingredient montage

I basically constructed it the same way as my epic pie cake. I baked my cake layers about 10 degrees lower and for the shortest amount of time suggested on my cake mix box before checking. Unlike baking a pie inside, these layers didn’t seem to need any additional bake time. I also knew that the cookie would be dense and sink to the bottom of the cake pan, so I poured most of the cake batter each pan before putting a fairly thin cookie dough “disc”in the middle, then covering with just a tiny more batter. It resulted in the cookie being pretty perfectly in the middle of each cake layer so that turned great.

I was really pleased with how this cake turned out, everyone raved about how good it was. The OREO buttercream was delicious (as always) and the cookie “filling” baked up perfectly! Nothing was burnt or overcooked, I call that a win!

You will definitely want a tall glass of milk to wash it all down with though, this cake is rich!

OREO Buttercream
Easy recipe for a rich and delicious OREO buttercream frosting.
Author: Justine Young
Ingredients
  • 2 lbs . powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp . salt
  • 3/4 cup butter soft but not melted
  • 1/2 cup milk divided
  • 1 cup crushed OREO cookies about 8 cookies
Instructions
  1. Cream together powdered sugar, salt, butter, and milk; starting with 1/4 cup and more to proper consistency. Once ingredients are well mixed add in crushed OREO cookies. Blend together until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
Recipe Notes

I prefer to crush my OREO cookies in a food processor to get them really fine.
This recipe is enough to fill and frost a 9-inch round cake. If you plan to fill with something else you could easily cut the recipe in half.

"Death by Cookies" Cake with OREO buttercream

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8 Responses to death by cookies cake

  1. Jen May 11, 2016 at 11:55 am #

    Dead. I am dead. I seriously need some of this cake in my face right now.

    • Justine @ Little Dove May 11, 2016 at 9:52 pm #

      I started reading your comment before seeing who it was from and I was like, “this is the weirdest spam comment ever…” then I finished reading it and saw it was from you. LOL. This was seriously SO good, I can’t wait to make another one.

  2. Kerry May 11, 2016 at 9:24 pm #

    You’re killing me!! This looks amazing. Need to try that frosting!

    • Justine @ Little Dove May 11, 2016 at 9:53 pm #

      I love OREO buttercream, it is seriously one of my favorite frostings ever. I could just eat it with a spoon… not that I would EVER do that. 😉

  3. Jenn May 12, 2016 at 6:01 am #

    What an interesting concept! I’ve never thought to put a cookie inside of a cake. What a wonderful “best of both worlds” dessert! Looks super yummy! Thanks for sharing.

  4. Dia All The Things I Do May 12, 2016 at 8:28 am #

    Haha this looks amazing and yummy and like a toothache. This is named correctly

  5. Caroline harries May 12, 2016 at 5:58 pm #

    omg! haha. So so so bad for you, but I am sure so good 😉

  6. courtney May 13, 2016 at 7:11 pm #

    OMG that looks SO incredible! Literally to die for!

    La Belle Sirene 

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