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Easy Chocolate Oreo Cake (Layer Cake)
Easy chocolate Oreo cake recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. This layer cake is filled with Oreo buttercream frosting and topped off with chocolate ganache drip. It's soft, moist and decadent and perfect for birthdays.
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 10m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- pan
- microwave
- spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cake
2
In a mixing bowl, add eggs, oil, vanilla extract, buttermilk, water and mix everything until fluffy.
Eggs (Large, Room temperature)2Oil1 cupVanilla extract1 tspButtermilk1 cupWater (Warm)1 cup
3
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.
4
Dump this dry mixture into the wet mixture and mix until just combined. Do not over-mix!
5
Pour batter into 2 greased and floured round cake pans (Dimensions: 8x2).
6
Bake at 325 degrees F for about ⏱️ 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
7
Let the cakes cool down completely.
8
Frosting
9
In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and shortening.
10
Add vanilla extract and mix again.
Vanilla extract1 tsp
11
Add powdered sugar slowly and continue mixing.
12
Add Oreo crumbs slowly and continue mixing.
13
Add milk or heavy cream (1 tbsp at a time) until frosting is smooth and creamy.
14
Ganache
15
In a microwave- safe bowl, melt chocolate in ⏱️ 30 second increments.
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Add heavy cream and mix until smooth.
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Assembling
18
Once the cakes have fully cooled down, cut the domes and make them flat.
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Place one cake on a cake stand and top it off with Oreo frosting.
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Place the other cake on top of the frosting and gently press it down .
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Cover the entire cake with frosting, if you like (Optional).
22
Pour ganache on top of the cake and use a spatula to spread it out until it starts dripping along the sides.
23
Toss mini chocolate chips along the base of the cake.
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Prior to serving, pipe some frosting on top of the ganache and decorate the cake with chopped Oreos and enjoy!
Oreos (Roughly chopped, For decoration )15
Nutrition Facts
calories
1261 kcal
fat Content
65 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
5 g
sugar Content
126 g
sodium Content
509 mg
protein Content
9 g
trans Fat Content
3 g
cholesterol Content
74 mg
carbohydrate Content
168 g
saturated Fat Content
19 g
unsaturated Fat Content
42 g
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