The Baking Diaries since March 30th, 2011

what i like to call the oreo machinator.

oreo stuffed cookies and cream cupcake

credits!

Recipe: makes one dozen

33g cocoa powder

68ml hot water

135g all purpose flour

3/8tsp baking soda

3/8 tsp baking powder

128g butter at room temperature

158g caster sugar

1 ½ egg

½ tbsp vanilla

95ml sour cream

8 oreos roughly crushed into bits

12 oreos

180C.

1.      Combine butter and sugar in saucepan over low heat until melted. Remove from heat and transfer to bowl.

2.      Beat mixture until cooled, around 4-5 minutes, add eggs and vanilla, beat until combined.

3.      Add 1/3 of the flour, and alternate with sour cream, ending with flour.

4.      Beat in chocolate paste.

5.      Divide mixture into 12 cupcake liners until half full, add one oreo to centre, spoon in remaining until ¾ full. Bake for 30 minutes. Take out and cool.

Frosting:

175g butter at room temperature

1tsp vanilla

80g icing sugar, sifted

12 oreos finely crushed

Beat butter until smooth, sift in icing sugar again, beat in vanilla.

Fold in very finely crushed oreos.