Chocolate Oreo® Cake

I love this chocolate cake recipe because it looks like a fancy-restaurant-style cake and tastes like it too! The Oreo® frosting is really fluffy and the best of my icing recipes.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 939 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ cup butter
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups shortening
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup water
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• ⅓ cup sour cream
• 5 cups confectioners' sugar
• ½ cup half-and-half
• ½ cup chopped dark chocolate
• 8 chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreo®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a deep 10-inch round cake pan.

Step 2

Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, 1 to 3 minutes. Let cool.

Step 3

Combine sugar and butter in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until fluffy and well combined. Mix in cooled chocolate. Beat in eggs and egg yolks, one at a time. Mix in 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, sour cream, and vanilla extract until smooth.

Step 4

Sift flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda together in a different bowl. Add flour mixture to batter in 3 additions, mixing well after each addition. Beat in water. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 19 minutes. Immediately invert onto a cooling rack and let cool.

Step 6

Meanwhile, whip shortening with an electric mixer until creamy, about 5 minutes. Beat in cream until smooth, about 5 minutes. Add confectioners' sugar; beat on high speed until frosting is light and fluffy, 7 to 10 minutes.

Step 7

Spread frosting over the top and sides of the cooled cake. Cut 4 cookies into quarters using a sharp knife. Arrange quartered cookies around the top edge of the cake. Crush remaining 4 cookies; press crumbs against the sides of the cake.