Oreo Cake

I have something to admit...my kids think that Family Home Evening is the dessert...LoL

I guess that's okay. They enjoy getting together as a family and I enjoy trying new recipes. :) It's a win-win!

Find the original recipe here http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/chocolate-covered-oreo-cookie-cake-90307.aspx

 

It really was a simple recipe, although there are a few observations that I'll make. Don't mind the fridge or the lopsidedness of the cake...apparently our oven isn't sitting evenly...

You'll need:

1 devil's food cake mix

4 squares of BAKER's semi-sweet chocolate

1/4 C butter

1 pkg (8 oz) of cream cheese, softened

1/2 c sugar

2 c thawed cool whip

12 oreo cookies, coarsely crushed.

1. Bake cake according to directions in two round cake pans, then cool completely. Place one round on a plate.

2. Melt butter and chocolate in a microwave safe bowl. Stir until well blended and cool.

3. Mix cream cheese and sugar together until smooth. Add coolwhip and blend gently. Add oreos.

4. Spread cool whip mixture on top of cake. Top with other round of cake. Drizzle chocolate over the top.

Options: Here are a few things I wondered and noticed.

First: I'll bet you could drizzle some of the chocolate on the plate first. You'll notice that it gets kind of hard (you need to keep this dessert refrigerated) like the topper ice cream cones you can get from restaurants. I'll bet that crust would be yummy on the bottom!

Second: ADD THE COOL WHIP FIRST! I added the oreos first. I noticed it was turning a greyish color. So I don't think I blended the cream cheese/cool whip as well.

Third: I would recommend more oreos. There just weren't enough, in my opinion. I would probably add another six oreos.

 

It was delicious! Give it a try!



Terrific Tuesday: Cake Batter Fudge

I try to make sure to give credit where it's due...the original recipe is found here: http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/03/friday-fun-list-50-easy-delicious-no.html The "Six Sisters' Stuff" blog contains many of my favorite food recipes. Go check them out!

 

1 14 oz can of sweet and condensed milk

3 1/2 c white chocolate chips (about 1 3/4 bag)

3 t vanilla extract

1/2 t almond extract

Sprinkles

1. Melt chocolate chips in the sweet and condensed milk in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl-about 2-3 minutes. DO NOT OVERHEAT. If you've never melted chocolate in the microwave, pull it out after a minute and give it a stir. The sneaky chips retain their shape until you stir them up! Stir until the chips and milk are blended and smoot.

2. Immediately vanilla and almond extract, stirring until well blended.

3. Throw about a handful and a half of sprinkles into the fudge, folding gently. DO NOT overstir or the sprinkles will all melt and turn the fudge an ugly gray.

4. Pour into an 8 x 8 in pan or 11 x 7 in pan. I've got an 8 x 8 here. It's about an inch deep. If you want, I sprinkled a few sprinkles on the bottom of the pan before adding the fudge, then I added some more on top after pouring.

5. Cool, either to room temperature or in the fridge.

This is extremely rich fudge! The smaller cut outs are to show you about how much I take at a time and it lasts me half a day...and I have an extreme sweet tooth addiction... ;)

Tasty Tuesday: Chocolate Chip Cookie

One of the lovely ladies from Talented Terrace Girls will be our guest blogger on Monday. They are all incredibly talented, so make sure you check it out! http://www.talentedterracegirls.blogspot.com/

 

Meanwhile, I decided to try a "one serving" recipe. I chose the chocolate chip cookie, since I've been having sweet cravings lately. http://lacreativitedelafille.blogspot.com/2012/06/single-serving-deep-dish-chocolate-chip.html is the originator of this recipe. I tried it out and am giving step by step instructions (with pictures!).

First, ignore the mess and focus on the ingredients. Your basic cookie ingredients: butter, brown and white sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, flour, salt, and chocolate chips. The mug you see is where I mixed and cooked the cookie. That's a big plus with me. Very little mess!

Melt 1 T butter, add 1 T brown sugar and 1 T of white sugar, 3 drops of vanilla. I mixed these before adding the egg yolk to give the butter more time to cool. Add egg yolk. It should looks something like this. Some people who commented mentioned using the egg whites instead of the yolk.

 Next, add a pinch of salt and 1/4 C flour. Appears to be cookie dough, doesn't it?

 Now 2 T of chocolate chips and it's ready to go in the microwave! As cookie doughs go, I didn't think this dough was very tasty, so I wouldn't recommend eating it raw (not to mention the raw egg...).

 Now, one of the commenters mentioned that they have a high powered microwave. When they first tried it, it didn't turn out. But when they dropped to around 720 watts, it worked perfectly. You can see that I have a 1250 watt microwave, so I cooked at 60% power.

 I microwaved between 1:30 and 2:00 minutes. In retrospect, I should have quit when it looked a little more doughy on the outside. The microwave cooks from the inside out so instead of burning the outside, it's the inside you have to watch out for (mine's a little crunchy, not quite to the burned stage).

It tastes more like a cake cookie than a chocolate chip cookie, so don't expect "cookie" when you initially eat it. All in all, this is a decent recipe. Probably not something I would make for company, but for that random sweet tooth craving that I usually get. Happy treats!