Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Chocolate Deliciousness


Updating post to add to Foodie Friday. Thanks to Gollum for hosting and you can find other great recipes on her post located here. This recipe is for a delicious chocolate cake , made simple by the use of a boxed cake mix.



Oreo Cookie Cake

1 pkg Chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients as directed on the package)
1 8oz pkg cream cheese (softened)
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups thawed Cool Whip whipped topping
12 Oreo Cookies, crushed
1/2 stick butter, softened
3 Tbsp Cocoa
2 cups confectioner sugar
3-4 Tbsp Heavy cream

Bake cake according to package direction, in 2 - 9 inch cake pans. Cool completely.

Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar until blended. Gently fold in cool whip and crushed cookies. Stack cake layer on plate and cover with cream cheese mixture. Place second cake layer on top and with broad knife, smooth cream cheese frosting around the edges of the cake.

Beat softened butter, cocoa, and about half the confectioner sugar and heavy cream. Add remaining confectioner sugar and enough cream for the right consistency on the frosting...need a good stiff frosting. Cover top of cake with chocolate frosting.

Store cake in refrigerator. Makes 16 servings



All the best,




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11 comments:

southerninspiration said...

oh, my word, Anita....that looks sooo good! thanks for sharing the recipe!

Suzanne

Stella said...

Thanks for sharing the choclate cake. I know my grandchildren will love this. Wish I had one made right now so I could have with my tea.

Patricia @ ButterYum said...

I bet the kids would call me Mother of the Year if I made this for them. ;)

Take care,
ButterYum

Rattlebridge Farm said...

Oreo cookie cake! This recipe has my name all over it! It looks elicious!

Karen at Nittany Inspirations said...

This is worth the calories. It's a perfect cake to wow guests. It's holiday worthy.

Mary Bergfeld said...

That sounds decadent and looks scrumptious. What a fabulous - and easy - recipe.

~ ~ Ahrisha ~ ~ said...

Wow, this looks great. Gotta give this a try.
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~

Cass @ That Old House said...

OK, I came close to licking the monitor screen when I saw THIS cake! Fabulous!
Cass

SnoWhite said...

wow.

My first thought was ... that's a giant oreo cookie! Delicious.

Joyce said...

Easy and delicious. I like your header photo.
joyce

BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...

That sounds amazing!