Cookies and Cream Cake -The Best Ever White Cake with Oreo Cookies

By Shalinidigvijay @shalinidigvijay
The best thing to happen to a hostess is to cook a meal so well that there are no leftovers. Sad ,for those of us who love to have reheated leftovers for breakfast or a midnight meal.
But when meals end way past midnight and the ghouls and evil spirits are at their prime (as coached by the Paranormal Activity series -their time is 3 am ) there remains no scope for a midnight snack.
OK ,there were no leftovers either.
Before my impending old age fogs up my brain...I must out this cookies and cream cake down.
this was a special for friends who are moving to a coveted place , Jodhpur,Rajasthan...
Yes hubby dear was amazingly green eyed when he came to know they are heading where his heart lies...
Solace, we'll have a place to crash on our next trip to Jodhpur,Rajasthan.
Yes, its on the agenda...
I love Oreos,have baked and made desserts with them earlier.
The little lady is nicknamed Jadoo ...magic and this was for her. A total sweetie, gentle, well behaved and all that .We have a soft corner for little angels...
Oreo in every bite and some more.
A white cake to die for and a frosting that is light and speckled with Oreo cookies.
Cookies and Cream Cake -The Best ever White Cake with Oreo Cookies
You need
1 1/2 cup All purpose Flour or maida
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs plus 2 egg whites
1/2 cup whole milk plus 1 tsp vinegar for the butter milk
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup vegetable shortening or dalda or clarified butter or ghee
1 tsp vanilla essence
 Grease and flour an 8 or 9 inch cake tin and pre heat oven to 180°C. Sift the flour and the baking powder and salt twice and set aside.
Start with the two fats - the oil and the dalda or shortening.  Whisk in the sugar with an electric blender.
 Beat in one egg at a time and then the egg whites.
Add the vinegar to the milk and set aside. Add the flour mix in three batches alternating with the buttermilk.
Add in the vanilla essence - my coffers were dry, rather the essence bottle was empty, so I added a tbsp of whiskey in stead -"Blender's Pride" ,only hoping it wouldn't turn into "Blunder's Pride" .
Fortunately, the cake was great.
Add in the crushed Oreo Cookies and fold them in.
  Pour the batter into the tin and place into the oven to bake for 30-35 minutes.
Test for doneness with a toothpick .
Allow to cool for 20-25 minutes and demould.
I fell asleep after I brought the cake out, after all I was up since 5 am. Our school had organised a cross country race for the students,the teachers were out chaperoning the students so that no untoward incident happened...the kids had to run through the bye lanes of a small village...fortunately no one rang any bells in the cover of darkness, no one let the dogs loose or burst any crackers in any body's courtyards...
B_OOOO_ring!!!
 The de moulded cake was soft...
My cake was more interesting,beautifully speckled crushed Oreo Cookies twice baked,soft and crisp...awesome and I was out to make it even better.
Once cooled,the cake needs to be sliced in half and placed on a service platter.
To make the cake the Real McCoy with the Cookies and Cream magic ...
you now need
4 cups whipped cream -I used non dairy whipped cream
1 cup powdered crushed Oreo Cookies
1/2 cup whole milk
8-10 halved Oreo Cookies
Place the top half of the cake on the service platter and pour a little milk to moisten the cake.
Mix one cup of the whipped cream with the powdered crushed Oreo Cookies and some milk.
Spread this on the cake and place the top half of the cake properly and pour a little milk over.
 Do a dirty crumb coating over the cake and  place the cake in the fridge.
Just before serving, frost the cake neatly and pipe rosettes on the cake.
Place the halved Oreo Cookies on the rosettes.
 Sliced and eaten...

The topping is not so smooth anymore,because sweet child decided to make the frosting smoother. Yeah,really!

So ,I had to sprinkle some sprinkles...
Forgive the pictures and their darkness.
Tired woman here.
Served, the cake was appreciated by all.
So much so,that there were no leftovers.
This cake was soft, just enough chocolate and just enough vanilla...to be almost like a light kick on the palette after a hot and spicy mutton curry dinner.
Jadoo, the young lady was impressed...mission accomplished.
Bookmark this for your next baking endeavour...
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