INGREDIENTS
Your favorite White or Yellow Cake Recipe (or Yellow Cake Mix) for a two-layer 8 or 9-inch round cake, or my recipe below. *
3/4 cup
unsalted butter (12 tablespoons), softened
1/4 cup
vegetable or coconut oil
1 1/2 cups
granulated sugar
4
large eggs
2
large egg yolks
1 tsp
salt
2 1/2 tsp
baking powder
1 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups
cake flour (make your own cake flour if you don't have any)
1 cup
buttermilk (make your own buttermilk if you don't have any)
1 cup
whole milk
1 tbsp
vanilla extract
28
oreo cookies, ground to fine crumbs in a food processor. You should have 2 cups oreo crumbs.
Extra oreo cookies to decorate top of cake
1 cup
solid vegetable shortening **
1 cup
unsalted butter
2 tsp
vanilla extract
6
to 8 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb. Taste after 6 cups to make sure it isn't too sweet for your liking)
1/4 cup
heavy cream
1 tsp
salt
10
to 12 Oreo cookies, placed in a sealed ziplock bag then broken up with a mallet or rolling pin so they remain in chunks
6
oz.dark chocolate, chopped
1/3 cup
plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 tbsp
butter
1 tbsp
light corn syrup