Totally Extreme Oreo Cupcakes Recipe
Oreo is a cupcake in every chocolate lover's heaven. And when we say extreme, it is a completely different level. What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word cupcake? Let me guess, you think of a cute little doom-shaped piece of cake with frosting that you can eat in one bite? That's true for any regular cupcake, but we are talking about extreme cupcakes.
Equipment
- 1 small ice cream scooper
- 1 mini flat angled spatula
- 1 large piping bag with a star tip
Ingredients
Chocolate cupcakes Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ cup Hershey cocoa powder
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup Canola oil
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 egg large
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Ingredients for the Vanilla and Oreo frosting
- 2 cups butter sweet cream, softened
- 4½ cups powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup finely crushed Oreo crumbs
- 18 oreo cookies for topping
Instructions
Chocolate cupcakes Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- Using a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Whisk in the sugar and brown sugar until combined.
- Whisk in the oil, buttermilk, egg, and vanilla extract until combined.
- Fill each one 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake in the oven for 21 minutes .
- Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool.
To make the frosting
- Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream until combined, smooth and stiff with peaks.
Topping the cupcakes
- Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out some vanilla frosting and top it onto the cupcakes.
- Use the mini angled spatula to smooth out the frosting into a thick mound.
- Repeat step to remaining cupcakes.
- Using the frosting that you have left, beat in the crushed oreo cookies.
- Scoop into the piping bag.
- Pipe dollops on to of the vanilla frosting.
- Top each with oreo cookie & Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcakeSodium: 295mgCalcium: 30mgVitamin C: 1mgVitamin A: 537IUSugar: 37gFiber: 1gPotassium: 73mgCholesterol: 52mgCalories: 388kcalTrans Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 12gFat: 23gProtein: 2gCarbohydrates: 46gIron: 2mg
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