Cookies N Cream Dream Cake Food

COOKIES-AND-CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Make the frosting: Put the white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring, until smooth; let cool slightly. Beat the butter, vanilla and salt in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the melted white chocolate and beat until combined. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar until smooth.
• Assemble the cake: Place 1 cake layer on a platter; spread 1 cup frosting on top and sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped cookies. Top with the second cake layer. Cover the whole cake with the remaining frosting, then press the remaining cookies into the sides.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9-inch-round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper; butter the parchment and dust the pans with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Whisk 3 cups flour, the baking powder and salt in a bowl until combined. Beat 2 sticks butter and the sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to medium; beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla. (The mixture may look separated at this point.)
• Mix 1/2 cup water with the cream in a liquid measuring cup or bowl. Beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour, until just smooth.
• Divide the batter between the prepared pans. Bake until the cakes are lightly golden on top and the centers spring back when pressed, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to racks and let cool 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the pans and turn the cakes out onto the racks to cool completely. Remove the parchment. Trim the tops of the cakes with a long serrated knife to make them level, if desired.

COOKIES N CREAM DREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch cake pans.
• In a large bowl, mix Cake mix, sour cream, vegetable oil, milk, sugar, eggs, and vanilla ext. Mix well w/ electric mixer for 3-5 minutes or until well blended.
• Add and fold crushed oreo cookies in batter.
• Pour batter in prepared pans. Cook for 27-35 minutes or do toothpick test.
• Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan. Prepare frosting while allowing cake to cool completely. Frost cake only when it has cooled completely.
• FROSTING: Cream shortening and cream cheese. Add 3 cups powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk. Mix till creamy. Add more powdered sugar if needed to get desired consistency. Stir and fold in crushed oreo cookies.

NEELY'S COOKIES AND CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray 2 (9-inch) cake pans with cooking spray and dust with flour.
• In a large bowl, using a hand-held mixer, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the eggs and egg yolk, 1 at a time, and beat until well mixed, then add in the melted butter and combine. Next, add the buttermilk and beat until smooth, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the crumbled cookies and beat until incorporated.
• Pour the batter evenly into the cake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool, on a rack, in the pans for 5 minutes. Turn the cakes out onto a rack and let cool completely. Frost with Cookies and Cream Cheese Icing and serve.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend the butter and cream cheese until smooth, about 3 minutes. Add the salt and vanilla. Add in the confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until smooth. Beat in the crumbled cookies. Frost the chocolate cookie cake when the cake has cooled.

COOKIES & CREAM PARTY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line two 20cm cake tins with baking parchment - if your cake tins are quite shallow, line the sides to a depth of at least 5cm. Put 200g flour, 8 tbsp cocoa powder, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 280g light brown soft sugar and 1 tsp salt in a bowl and mix well. If there are any lumps in the sugar, squeeze these through your fingers to break them up.
• Measure 200ml buttermilk, 100ml coffee, 150ml oil and 2 tsp vanilla in a jug. Add 2 eggs and whisk until smooth. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk until well combined. Pour the cake mixture evenly into the two tins, and bake for 25-30 mins until risen and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool in the tins for 10 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack, peel off the baking parchment and leave to cool.
• Repeat steps 1 and 2, so that you have 4 sponge cakes in total. These sponges can be made up to three days ahead and will stay moist if wrapped in cling film, or you can wrap well and freeze for up to two months.
• To make the icing, put the butter in a large bowl and sieve in half the icing sugar. Roughly mash together with a spatula, then whizz with a hand mixer until smooth. Add the cream cheese and sieve in the remaining icing sugar, mash together again, then blend once more with the hand mixer. Put the Oreos in a food processor and whizz to fine crumbs. Add the biscuit crumbs to the icing and mix again until combined.
• Next, make the cookie cake toppers. You'll need one Oreo for each letter of the word you'd like to write - someone's name or, like we have done, 'WOW!' Carefully insert a skewer into the creamy filling in the middle of each Oreo - some cookies may break, so save these ones for later. Melt the chocolate in the microwave, stirring every 20 secs or so, or in a heatproof bowl suspended over a pan of gently simmering water. Spread a little chocolate over the surface of one side of each cookie. Roll out the fondant icing to the thickness of a 50p coin, and cut out your letters, then stick these to the cookies and set aside to dry. Alternatively, let the chocolate dry, then use an icing pen to write the name or word directly on the surface.
• To assemble the cake, stick one of your sponges to a cake stand or board with a little of the cream cheese icing. Use roughly half the icing to stack the remaining cakes on top, spreading a generous amount between each layer. Pile the remaining icing on top of the assembled cake, and use a palette knife to ease it over the edges, covering the entire surface of the cake. Tidy the plate with a piece of kitchen paper.
• If you have any leftover Oreos, break them into pieces and push these around the base of the cake. Insert the dried cookie cake toppers into the top of the cake and serve. Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 2 days, but bring back to room temperature for an hour or so before eating.

STRAWBERRY & CREAM DREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Cut 1-inch slice crosswise from top of the cake and set aside for now.
• Using a sharp knife, cut around cake 1 inch from center hole and 1 inch from outer edge, leaving cake walls 1 inch thick.
• Remove cake from center, leaving 1 inch base on bottom of cake; reserve the pieces of cake.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add condense milk.
• Beat mixture until smooth. Stir in the lemon juice and coloring, mixing well.
• Fold in the whipped cream.
• Reserve two-thirds of the mixture and refrigerate for now.
• Blend in berries and torn cake pieces (except top) into remaining one-third of mixture.
• Fill cake tunnel and replace the top of cake.
• Frost with whipped cream mixture and garnish with strawberries, if you like.
• Chill cake for 3 hours, or until set.

COOKIES 'N CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
• In a large bowl, mix the cake mix, water, oil, and 3 egg whites with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Gently stir in crushed cookies. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake for 25 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove from pans, and completely cool on racks.
• To Make Frosting: In a small bowl, thoroughly blend the 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, shortening, vanilla, and 2 egg whites. Beat in remaining confectioners' sugar until creamy. Frost the cake, and garnish with remaining cookies.

CHOCOLATE DREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Line a 15"x10" pan with wax paper.
• Wisk together cocoa, sugar and boiling water.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Prepare cake mix to pkg. directions, using the water and adding the cocoa mixture.
• Spread batter evenly in the pan.
• Bake 20 minutes or till top looks dry.
• Invert onto large rack.
• Remove pan and wax paper and let cool.
• In a medium bowl, dissolve coffee in milk.
• Add whip topping& pudding mixes.
• Beat on low speed till moistened, then high speed till soft peaks form.
• Chill 5 minutes.
• Cut cake crosswise into thirds, cover each with topping, then stack.
• (I'll probably skip the stacking and just frost& serve) Chill for 2 hours.

COOKIES 'N CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
• Prepare the cake mix according to package except using the water, oil and egg whites.
• Fold in the crushed sandwich cookies.
• Spread batter into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes or until done when tested with a toothpick.
• Cool on wire racks for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
• For Frosting: In large mixing bowl, beat shortening and vanilla with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.
• Slowly add 2 1/2 cups of sifted confectioner's sugar, beating well.
• Add 2 tablespoons ilk.
• Slowly beat in 2 to 3 tablespoons more milk until frosting is of spreading consistency.
• Fill and frost the cake layers.
• In a heavy saucepan, melt the semisweet chocolate and shortening over very low heat.
• Drizzle mixture over top of cake (I just drizzle it at edge so part of it drips down the side).
• If you like, decorate cake with additional broken sandwich cookies.

COOKIES N CREAM DREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream shortening, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla.
• Add milk 1 tbsp at a time till you get the proper frosting consistency you like.
• Stir in crushed Oreos with a wooden spoon. Frost cooled cake -- enjoy!

LEMON DREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Blend all ingredients in a large bowl, then beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Spread batter in a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• Bake for 45 to 55 minutes until center springs back when touched lightly.
• Spread glaze over warm cake.
• Cool right side up for about 15 minutes.