Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cheese Cake

      I made a birthday cake for John to take to community group last night.  Since poking around on Pinterest, I have seen Oreos baked into a lot of things, and more specifically, I saw them baked into these cupcakes on Bakerella.  I thought, surely, I can bake them into a cake and the cake will only be made better.  And it was actually that easy.  Success!



I didn't have much time and wanted to keep it simple, so this is what I used.



I made the cake according to the directions.



I greased and floured two 8 inch pans, and then lined them both with Oreos.




Then I poured the batter right over top of the Oreos.





I baked the cake according to the instructions, and it actually came out perfectly!



I stacked the two rounds putting plain cream cheese icing in the middle.



I crushed the left over Oreos and mixed them into the frosting, so I ended up using the entire package of Oreos and two whole things of frosting.  If I make this again, I will use a little less frosting, but I did like the look of it.






With the decorating, I wanted to keep things simple.  I had seen some cameos done into Oreos on Pinterest and thought I could just as easily carve some letters out of the cream with a butter knife.  I removed half of the cookie and used a butter knife to make letters.  Very easy.  I mean it.




So, there you have it.  Lots of fun and tasty goodness.