#2 Cookies & Cream Cake!

Neely's Cookies and Cream Cake


Recipe courtesy The Neelys



.Prep Time:15 minInactive Prep Time:20 minCook Time:35 minLevel:

EasyServes:

8 servings.Ingredients

•Cooking spray

•2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans

•3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

•2 cups granulated sugar

•1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

•1/2 teaspoon baking soda

•1 teaspoon kosher salt

•3 large eggs, plus 1 egg yolk

•1 cup unsalted butter, melted

•1 cup buttermilk

•1 1/2 cups finely crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies

•Cookies and Cream Cheese Icing, recipe follows

Directions

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.
*My cakes started to fall apart when i took them out of the pans, I would use wax paper, pam & flour to make sure they come out easily*



Cookies and Cream Cheese Icing:



•1 stick butter, softened

•2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

•1 pinch salt

•1 teaspoon vanilla extract

•3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar

•1 1/2 cups finely crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies

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.

* I wasn't a fan of the cream cheese frosting, I would have done this icing instead & add the cookies to this*

Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting


Recipe courtesy Gale Gand



.Prep Time:2 minInactive Prep Time:--Cook Time:10 minLevel:

EasyServes:

10 to 12 servings. Ingredients

•3 cups confectioners' sugar

•1 cup butter

•1 teaspoon vanilla extract

•1 to 2 tablespoons whipping cream

Directions

In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk, mix together sugar and butter. Mix on low speed until well blended and then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.



Add vanilla and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more, adding more cream if needed for spreading consistency.




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